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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The central panel carries the text block in Fraktur script on a light ground, surrounded by a bold geometric border composed of alternating dark and light diagonal wave bands. Large numerals '50' and the cursive abbreviation 'Pf' appear as underprint elements on the left and right flanking panels. The inscriptions state the issuing authority, the date of issue, the denomination in words, and the validity date, with two facsimile signatures below the text and a wavy security line beneath them; the printer's imprint appears at the foot of the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | GÜSTROW Die städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus unserem Guthaben an den Inhaber Fünfzig Pfennige. Güstrow, den 1. Februar 1922. Bürgermeister. Stadtverordnetenvorsteher. Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1922. Druck der Hof- und Ratsbuchdruckerei |
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Güstrow's municipal savings bank issued this note during the acute small-change shortage of 1922, when coin metal had effectively vanished from everyday transactions and hundreds of German municipalities were forced to print their own Kleingeldersatz. The Hof- und Ratsbuchdruckerei — the court and council press, a local civic printer rather than a specialist banknote house — handled production entirely within Güstrow itself, which is reflected in the modest print quality typical of such in-house municipal jobs.
The DeNG reference places this within a tightly catalogued local series, with variant numbers suggesting at least minor differences between individual printings — possibly signature combinations or paper stock.