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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Stargard in Mecklenburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a view of Stargard in Mecklenburg with a medieval stone tower and adjoining multi-storey civic buildings set against a clouded sky, rendered in brown letterpress. The denomination "50 Pfg." appears in large white numerals within dark panels at left and right, flanked by ornamental scrollwork cartouches at each corner. The lower panel carries the issuing authority inscription and date, with two manuscript signatures below the text "Der Rat". |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large heraldic eagle displayed on a shield, printed in brown on a plain ground at centre, serving as the civic arms of Stargard. Four circular denomination medallions, each reading "50 Pfg.", are positioned at the four corners, surrounded by fine guilloche rosette borders. A horizontal band of parallel-line guilloche frames the entire composition, and the printer's imprint runs along the lower margin. |
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Stargard in Mecklenburg — not to be confused with the larger Stargard in Pomerania — issued this Notgeld piece during the inflationary spiral of 1921, when municipal and local authorities across Germany were printing their own emergency small-change notes to compensate for the chronic coin shortage. The Bärensprungsche Hofbuchdruckerei in Schwerin was a respected regional printing house with court printer credentials, and its involvement here reflects how even minor Notgeld runs were sometimes handled by established firms rather than cheap commercial jobbers.
Mecklenburg Notgeld from this period is modestly collected but rarely commands serious premiums unless the series carries distinctive artwork or known variants.