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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Neuhaus in Mecklenburg, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | A radiating sunburst underprint fills the background, over which a central text cartouche with scalloped border carries a Low German verse in Gothic blackletter script alongside the large denomination numeral '50' and the word 'Pfennig'. Atop the cartouche, a reclining female allegorical figure in yellow tones gestures leftward, while to the right a caricatured seated figure in a broad-brimmed hat reads from a book. Below the cartouche, the validity clause and issuing authority 'DIE BADEVERWALTUNG: NEUHAUS' appear in letterpress, accompanied by a facsimile signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a bold, expressionistic vignette of a fisherman hauling a net from a wooden rowing boat rendered in yellow and brown tones, the composition set against a stylised sea with wave patterns below and a decorative cloud border above. The denomination '50 Pfg.' and the inscription 'REUTER' appear in the upper left in large Gothic lettering, referencing the Low German poet Fritz Reuter. The issuer's designation 'OSTSEEBAD NEUHAUS' is printed in large bold letterpress across the lower margin. |
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Neuhaus an der Elbe, the small Mecklenburg town that issued this note, sat directly on the border between the states of Mecklenburg and Hanover — a geographical awkwardness that gave it an outsized administrative identity for its size. The 1922 date places this squarely in the Weimar inflation spiral, when German municipalities issued Notgeld not as a novelty but out of genuine necessity, as Reichsbank notes were hoarded or simply unavailable in small denominations.
The DeNG reference indicates this is the third type within the 0942 series, suggesting the municipality returned to the press more than once as conditions worsened.