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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Warin (City of Warin) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Designer(s) | G. Hansen |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in colour depicts a fairy-tale woodland scene with gnome-like figures in red costume attending a long-haired princess, rendered in a detailed illustrative style characteristic of German Notgeld art. The denomination '50 Pfg' appears in large numerals within oval cartouches at left and right, flanked by geometric ornamental columns with yellow accents. A scroll-shaped banner across the upper portion carries handwritten-style verse text, with the artist credits 'Verse von G. Hansen' and 'Richard Zschekzd' noted on the ribbon; the lower margin bears the issuing authority inscription 'Notgeld der Stadt Warin i/M', validity date 'Gültig bis 1. März 1922', and facsimile signatures of municipal officials. |
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| Obverse lettering | Was helpt dat Kind nu all ehr Smuck, Helpt uns ehr golden Smuck; Harrn'w den'n Bargstätel nich verlorn, Denn wier'n nich so in'n Druck! Dei Prinzessin in'n Bäukenbarg! Verse von G. Hansen RICHARD ZSCHEKZD Notgeld der Stadt Warin i/M Warin Gültig bis 1. März 1922. Der Rat Stadtverordnetenvorsteher J. Moser |
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Warin is a small town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of similarly sized German municipalities in 1921–1923, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — to address a chronic shortage of small-denomination coins during the inflationary spiral. These local issues were authorized under no central directive; towns simply printed what they needed and hoped local merchants would honor it.
The G. Hansen design credit and Zschekzd engraving suggest a more deliberate production than most village Notgeld, which were often little more than typed or rubber-stamped slips. The DeNG reference suffix variants (1a through 6/9) indicate multiple printings or plate states within the same series — worth tracking if building a complete holding.