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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Demmin (Notgeld), Provinz Pommern |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-pink guilloche underprint covers the entire field, with an ornate letterpress border incorporating decorative scroll flourishes at each corner. The denomination numeral '50' appears in circular guilloche cartouches at left and right centre, flanking the large bold legend 'Gutschein über 50 Pfennige' in the centre. Above, the issuing authority inscription and validity clause are set in smaller roman type, while below a facsimile manuscript signature above the printed designation 'Der Magistrat.' and the printer's imprint 'J. P. Himmer, Augsburg.' complete the design. |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Demmin's 1921 Notgeld series was among the later municipal emergency issues, produced well after the acute coin shortage of 1917–1920 had begun to ease — by this point many towns were printing Notgeld more for collector revenue than genuine monetary necessity. Himmer in Augsburg was a reliable workhorse printer for small-denomination Notgeld, handling commissions from municipalities across Germany with no particular regional connection to Pommern.
The official stamp served as the authentication mechanism substituting for the security printing that a proper bank issue would carry. Without it, the note was considered invalid — a surprisingly low bar for legal tender, even by Notgeld standards.