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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Hamburg, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion carries a large ochre-tinted oval vignette with the bold letterpress legends NOTGELD and HAMBURG framing the numeral 50 in red, flanked by decorative curtain-like ornaments in red and green. The central vignette presents a finely engraved panoramic cityscape of Hamburg with the caption "Lombardsbrücke und Alster", showing the Alster lake with sailing vessels in the foreground and the city skyline with church spires behind. At the foot of the note, the denomination 50 PF. appears in each lower corner within green panels, with a serial number and two manuscript signatures centred on a yellow band bearing the issue text and date Hamburg 1. Juli 1921. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD HAMBURG 50 Lombardsbrücke und Alster Dieser Schein ist nicht für den öffentlichen Verkehr, sondern nur für Sammelzwecke herausgegeben. Hamburg 1. Juli 1921 50 PF. |
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Hamburg's municipal Notgeld program in 1921 was unusually large in scope — the city issued fractional denominations across multiple series as the postwar inflation began grinding through smaller coinage faster than the Reichsbank could replace it. The 50 Pfennig notes from this period were genuine spending money, not the decorative collector-oriented issues that flooded smaller German towns simultaneously.
Distinguishing circulated from uncirculated examples of Hamburg city Notgeld requires care, as the paper stock used across the 1921 series was notably thin and prone to fold damage along the center horizontal crease.