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| Uitgever | Stadt Recklinghausen (City of Recklinghausen) |
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| Jaar | 1921 |
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| Waarde | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Notgeld issue in green, yellow, and black letterpress. The central vignette, framed within an arched cartouche, presents a view of a Recklinghausen church tower rising above foliage, surmounted by the inscription "Die Stadt im Vest". Denomination numerals "50 Pfennige" appear in yellow corner panels at upper left and right, with "NOTGELD Recklinghausen" in Gothic script across the top; historical references to Cologne and the Hansa dated 1170 and 1316 appear below the vignette, alongside the validity date, issuing authority "Der Magistrat", place name, issue date of 1 December 1921, and a serial number. A stylized silhouette of the city skyline runs along the lower margin. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | NOTGELD Recklinghausen Die Stadt im Vest 50 Pfennige 1170 zu 1316 zur KÖLN ANNO HANSA Gültig bis 1. Juli 1922 / Recklinghausen / 1. Dezember 1921 Der Magistrat: |
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Recklinghausen's 1921 Notgeld issue came during the peak of Germany's municipal emergency currency wave, when the Reichsbank's inability to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation forced hundreds of cities to print their own. The Ruhr city's coal economy was still functioning at this point — the French and Belgian occupation that would paralyze the region entirely didn't arrive until January 1923. These notes circulated in a working industrial town, not yet a city under foreign military administration.
The watermark is an uncommonly deliberate security measure for a municipal issue of this type, suggesting the printer used pre-watermarked stock rather than adding security features specifically for this run.