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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Die Badeverwaltung Ostseebad Wustrow |
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| Size | 113 × 78 mm |
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| Obverse description | Humorous multicolour lithographic vignette in the Low German Notgeld tradition, signed by artist Egon Tschirch in the upper right corner. At centre, a large snarling tiger pulls a barrel on which a jovial bearded man in colourful regional dress sits smoking a pipe, the denomination '50 Pf' rendered in bold red and white lettering above the scene. A scrolled banner arching across the upper portion carries a Low German verse in Gothic script, while the lower margin bears the issuing authority 'DIE BADEVERWALTUNG' alongside the place name 'OSTSEEBAD WUSTROW' and two facsimile signatures, with the validity legend 'GÜLTIG FÜR DEN GELDVERKEHR INNERHALB DES ORTSGEBIETES BIS 28.2.1922' in a blue ribbon. |
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| Reverse description | Boldly coloured lithographic composition signed by Egon Tschirch in the upper left corner, centred on a large sailing vessel with red, blue, black and yellow sails occupying the right half of the design. To the left, a panoramic view of the Wustrow waterfront is rendered in pen-and-ink style, with a church steeple and low-lying rooftops reflected across calm Baltic waters, a small red-sailed dinghy in the foreground. The denomination '50 Pf' appears within a yellow scroll ribbon in the upper left, and the place name 'OSTSEEBAD WUSTROW' is printed in large bold red letters outlined in white along the lower margin, with the series name 'REUTERGELD' inscribed on the scroll above the numeral. |
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Wustrow, a small resort peninsula on the Fischland in Mecklenburg, issued its own notgeld through its spa administration — the Badeverwaltung — during the early 1920s inflationary emergency. These local fractional notes were as much a marketing exercise as a monetary necessity; resort towns across the German Baltic coast understood that well-designed notgeld attracted collectors, generating income that offset printing costs.
Egon Tschirch, a Rostock-based artist with deep roots in Mecklenburg regional painting, designed several Wustrow issues. His involvement gives this note a regional art-historical footnote that most Kleingeldscheine cannot claim.