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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipality of Wangeroog |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left panel carries a serial number at top and a detailed vignette of a carved stone relief of the Wangeroog coat of arms, with an inscription below referencing the Westturm built in 1597 by Graf Hoyer von Ferbak. The right panel presents a panoramic coastal vignette of old Wangeroog village with a church steeple, seagulls in flight, and a pink-tinted sky, accompanied by the title inscription 'Nordseebad Wangeroog' in Gothic script and the denomination '50 Pfennig' in ornate lettering. The lower right bears the payment obligation text addressed to the Gewerbe- und Handels-Bank Oldenburg, Zweigst Wangeroog, along with an artist's signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels: the left panel contains a coloured vignette of a traditional sailing vessel beached on the shore; the central panel presents a watercolour-style vignette of the historic Westturm of Wangeroog standing amid tidal waters, with the inscription 'Westturm 1597–1602 erbaut 1914 niedergelegt' above; the right panel shows a fisherman working with a net and basket on the beach. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in bold Gothic blackletter at both upper corners, and the issuer's name 'Nordseebad Wangeroog' runs in a decorative Gothic band across the full width of the bottom margin. |
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Wangeroog is the easternmost of the East Frisian Islands, and its wartime notgeld was a product of genuine necessity — the island's isolation from the mainland banking system during the First World War made small-change shortages acute long before such problems hit larger municipalities. Stalling in Oldenburg was a prolific regional printer of notgeld, handling dozens of small north German issuers simultaneously, which is why paper and typographic quality across this series is consistent but unremarkable.
The reference suffix range 1/2#1375.1-1/4 indicates at least four discrete printings or variants within this denomination, likely differing in date or serial arrangement.