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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse zu Diepholz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The upper half of the reverse carries a central oval vignette enclosed within a laurel wreath, presenting a polychrome panoramic view of Lemförde as it appeared in 1621, with its castle, town buildings and waterfront rendered in a detailed topographic style; a ribbon cartouche above the townscape reads 'LEMFÖRDE IM JAHRE 1621'. A historical inscription in Gothic letterpress runs vertically along both side margins. The lower half is divided into three panels: two square denomination tablets in red and black bearing '50 Pf.' at left and right, and a central text block with a Low German verse in Gothic script on a ruled ochre underprint. The printer's imprint 'GASTEN & SUHLING, BREMEN' appears in the lower right margin. |
| Reverse lettering | GRAF FRIEDRICH V. DIEPHOLZ · VERSCHRIEB · 1523 · SEINER · GEMAHLIN · EVA · V · REGENSTEIN · DAS · HAUS · LEMFÖRDE · ALS · LEIBGEDING · LEMFÖRDE IM JAHRE 1621 Wo et so vele Lumpen gifft — Vondag hier up de Welt — Is et keen Wunner dat man blot Ut Lumpen makt dat Geld. — Ward doch so männig Lump verehrt — De feenen Pennig gelt an Wert. — GASTEN & SUHLING, BREMEN (Translation: COUNT FRIEDRICH V. DIEPHOLZ GRANTED IN 1523 TO HIS WIFE EVA V. REGENSTEIN THE HOUSE LEMFÖRDE AS A LIFE ESTATE / LEMFÖRDE IN THE YEAR 1621 / Where there are so many rags / Today here upon the world / It is no wonder that one merely / Makes money from rags. / Was such a scoundrel ever revered — / The fine penny counts in value. — / GASTEN & SUHLING, BREMEN) |
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Kreissparkasse zu Diepholz was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that issued emergency small-change notes — Kleingeldscheine — during the severe coin shortage that followed World War I. By 1921, the Weimar government had lost effective control of subsidiary currency, and local authorities, savings banks, and municipalities filled the gap themselves. The Reichsbank eventually moved to suppress the practice, but not before an enormous volume of regional issues had already circulated.
Casten & Suhling of Bremen printed a substantial number of North German notgeld issues during this period. Their output was competent but high-volume — collectible today more for regional than for printing interest.