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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Amt Neustadt in Mecklenburg |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 97 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie I · Amt Neustadt i/M. · Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Aufkündigung im Amtsblatt. Der Amtsausschuss: April 1922 · Schwupp dimupp, es hat geklappt, einen hat er schon geschnappt. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Kamerun 50 · 1) Gouvern.-Haus in Duala · Du bist uns geraubt in schwerer Zeit, Doch es kommt der Tag der Gerechtigkeit! |
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Neustadt in Mecklenburg is a small town in the former Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and this 50 Pfennig note belongs to the vast wave of German municipal Notgeld issued between 1918 and 1923 as the Reichsbank struggled to keep small denomination coinage in circulation. Hundreds of German towns and district offices printed their own emergency money during this period — quality and staying power varied enormously.
The designer credit "Heinberg" appears on a number of Mecklenburg regional Notgeld issues, though little biographical detail has been firmly established about this artist.