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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Quakenbrück |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg, Germany |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a full-length armoured medieval knight — the 'Eiserner Burgmann' (Iron Burgher) — standing erect and holding a sword upright before him, bearing a large heraldic shield quartered with a cross and the city gateway arms against a radiating golden sunburst background. The town silhouette with church spires is rendered in dark letterpress below the knight's feet. Denomination numerals '50' are set in scroll cartouches at upper left and upper right, with the title inscription 'Eiserner Burgmann' on a ribbon banner above the figure; the printer's imprint appears in the bottom margin below the outer frame. |
| Reverse lettering | Eiserner Burgmann EGENNUT UNDE HEMELICK HAT· DE VORDERVEN BEYDE, BORGE UNDE STAT. GERHARD STALLING, OLDENBURG I. O. |
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Quakenbrück is a small market town in Lower Saxony, and its municipal savings bank was one of hundreds of German local institutions that issued Notgeld during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1920s. The Stalling press in Oldenburg was a natural choice for regional issuers — the firm handled a substantial volume of Westphalian and Lower Saxon emergency currency during this period, keeping turnaround times short for municipalities that often needed new denominations within weeks.
W. Kaufmann's involvement suggests a commissioned design rather than a stock plate, though Kaufmann worked across multiple Notgeld series for Stalling clients.