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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Hagenow (City of Hagenow) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette enclosed in a shaped cartouche presents a pastoral rural scene with a herd of cattle accompanied by a herdsman and dog beneath tall trees, rendered in a detailed linear style with warm ochre and brown tones. Above the vignette, a Low German verse inscription runs across the full width of the note in gothic script. The denomination '50 Pfg' appears in large bold numerals at lower centre, flanked by a validity notice at lower left and two manuscript signatures with official titles at lower right, all within a decorative border of repeating foliate ornaments. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gräun legen de Wischen, und gräun stunnen de Barg', de Blaumen de bläuhten in ehre Pracht un ehr Ruch steg tau'm Herven, schöner as Abeln sin Opfer. Dieser Schein hat Gültigkeit für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadtgemeinde bis zum 30. April 1922 50 Pfg Der Rat: Dr. Sturm Der Stadtverord.-Vorsteher: Mühlstädt |
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Hagenow's 50 Pfennig Notgeld belongs to the vast wave of municipal emergency currency issued across Germany between 1917 and 1921, when coin shortages — driven by wartime metal requisitioning and postwar economic chaos — forced towns of every size to print their own small-denomination scrip. Hagenow, a modest market town in Mecklenburg, was typical of hundreds of issuing municipalities that contracted local or regional printers rather than established security firms.
Richard Zschcked is not a widely documented designer in standard Notgeld references, which suggests either a local commercial artist or a variant spelling worth cross-checking against regional printer records. The dual signatures of Dr. Sturm and Mühlstädt indicate countersignature by both a civic official and a financial officer — the standard authorization structure for Mecklenburg municipal issues of this period.