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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Schwaan (City of Schwaan) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1203.2-3/3 |
| Obverse description | Blue-grey note printed in dark brown, centred by a woodcut-style vignette of a thatched haystack or barn with a small farmhouse beneath, set in a rural courtyard scene. The denomination '50 PFENNIG 50' appears in large bold letterpress across the top, flanked by circular ornamental devices, with the issuing authority 'Der Rat der Stadt Schwaan' and three facsimile signatures at lower right, and a validity inscription at lower left. A three-line Low German dialect verse in letterpress runs across the full width below the vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 PFENNIG 50 STADT SCHWAAN Gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadtgemeinde bis zum 31. Mai 1922 Der Rat der Stadt Schwaan Newer dat was dunn so, as hütigen Dags; de Diplomatiger maegen dat noch so fin insädeln, de Knüppel bliwwt doch ümmer baben, un wenn sei glöwen, sei hewwen de Supp kolt pust't, denn hett de Düwel wedder frisch Füer unner höt. |
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Schwaan is a small town in Mecklenburg, and its 1922 notgeld issue belongs to the tail end of Germany's municipal emergency money phenomenon — by this point a thoroughly commercialized enterprise driven more by collector demand than genuine currency shortage. Many towns issued attractively printed small-denomination notes knowing they would never see serious circulation, effectively selling them to dealers and collectors at face value while pocketing the profit.
The DeNG reference suffix distinguishes between known variants, suggesting at least minor printing or serial differences within this single denomination.