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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat Visselhövede |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries a polychrome vignette of the Visselhövede town coat of arms — a turbaned figure bearing two red pennant flags above an elaborate heraldic shield with foliate mantling — set within a framed panel captioned 'WAPPEN VON VISSELHÖVEDE'. To the right, curved ribbon banners carry the issuing authority inscription over a bold numeral '50' within a zigzag guilloche rosette, with the denomination spelled out below. The lower register contains the redemption text and date 'D. 1. JUNI 1921', accompanied by three manuscript signatures of the Magistrat, all within a zigzag-pattern outer border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 ℘ 50 ℘ KIRCHE MIT GLOCKENTURM AUS DEM 11. JAHRHUNDERT GEBRÜDER JÄNECKE, DRUCK- U. VERLAGSHAUS, HANNOVER |
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Visselhövede is a small town in Lower Saxony, and its 1921 notgeld issue is a product of the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany following the First World War. Municipal and communal authorities across the country were authorized to fill the void left by hoarded coinage, producing a chaotic but historically dense body of local emergency currency. Gebrüder Jänecke of Hannover — a well-established printing and publishing house — handled a significant volume of these regional commissions, and their production quality is generally reliable.
Fr. Heuer's designer credit is uncommon enough to be worth noting; most small-municipality notgeld went out without individual attribution.