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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lübbecke (City of Lübbecke) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT LÜBBECKE i/W. Fünfzig Pfennig 50 Lübbecke i/W. den 8. Dez. 1920 Der Magistrat Ritz Blase |
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| Reverse lettering | 2. Gruppe A Nr. 50 REINEBERG-LINDE Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach erfolgtem öffentlichem Aufruf. |
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Lübbecke is a small Westphalian town, and this 1920 Notgeld issue belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany as coins disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply never minted in sufficient quantities to meet postwar demand. Local authorities were legally permitted to fill the gap, which they did with varying degrees of seriousness. The dual-signature arrangement — Ritz countersigning alongside Blase — reflects the administrative double-authorization typical of the Stadtrat issues from this district.
The DeNG 819.1a series has minor variant distinctions documented across the 5/6 listing, generally relating to serial number placement or ink shade rather than substantive redesign.