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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Hameln (City of Hamelin), Notgeld |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in red, black, and blue, centred on a bold star-burst vignette enclosing a large red oval panel bearing the denomination '50' in oversized numerals with the legend 'Gut für 50 Pfennig' in stylised letterpress. The issuer inscription 'STADT HAMELN A.D. WESER' arches across the top of the central device in blue, while the date 'HAMELN D. 1. SEPT. 1921' and the magistrate signature line 'DER MAGISTRAT: JÜRGENS' appear below. Surrounding border text in red, running along all four margins, states the redemption and validity conditions of the Gutschein, with a hatched geometric frame completing the design. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIESER GUTSCHEIN WIRD VON UNSERER KÄMMEREI-KASSE EINGELÖST ER VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT EINEN MONAT NACH ANKÜNDIGUNG IN DEN HAMELNER ORTSBLÄTTERN STADT HAMELN A.D. WESER GUT FÜR 50 PFENNIG HAMELN D. 1. SEPT. 1921 DER MAGISTRAT: JÜRGENS |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a vivid woodcut-style illustration in red, black, and blue, portraying the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin: a tall piper figure in a harlequin costume plays his pipe astride a rearing black horse, leading a procession of children away toward a stylised townscape with pointed church steeples at right and a mountainous landscape at left. The border text, running around all four edges in black on a white ground, quotes a verse from the legend lamenting the loss of the children. The overall composition is bold and expressionistic, consistent with the artistic Notgeld style of the early 1920s. |
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