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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Schutzverband für Handel und Gewerbe Wittenberge |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed offset-printed architectural vignette occupies the central field, presenting a view of the Wittenberge Town Hall (Rathaus) with its prominent clock tower rendered in a fine illustrative style against a lightly tinted sky. The denomination "50 PF." appears in bold red numerals at lower left and lower right within black panels, while the town name "Wittenberge" is set in large red blackletter script across a black band at the foot of the note. The label "Rathaus" is inscribed in a black banner at the top of the vignette. The whole composition is enclosed within a decorative geometric border. |
| Reverse lettering | Rathaus 50 pf Wittenberge (Translation: Town Hall 50 pf Wittenberge) |
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Wittenberge, a railway junction town on the Elbe, was among hundreds of German municipalities and trade associations that resorted to privately issued Notgeld during the early 1920s as small-denomination coinage simply vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or rendered worthless before it could be made. The Schutzverband für Handel und Gewerbe, a merchants' and tradesmen's protective association, issued this note to keep local commerce moving rather than as any speculative or collectible venture.
Gebrüder Parcus in Munich handled a substantial volume of Notgeld printing for issuers across Germany during this period, and their output was reliably consistent in quality.