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| Uitgever | Stadt Vechta (City of Vechta) |
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| Jaar | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Green and brown letterpress Notgeld note with a dark green border frame. The upper register carries the Latin title 'VESTUNGH: VECHTAE' in bold Gothic lettering alongside a panoramic skyline vignette of Vechta and the denomination '50 PFENNIG' at upper right, with the circular city seal of Vechta dated 1591 at upper left. The central vignette presents a detailed bird's-eye-view plan of the star-shaped fortress of Vechta rendered in brown and green, with outer moats and bastions clearly delineated; below, a two-line Gothic script text records the validity clause, the issuing date 'Vechta · 15. März 1922', the authority 'Der Magistrat:', and a manuscript signature, with the printer's imprint 'LOUIS KOCH · HALBERSTADT' at the foot. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | Drauf brachte man den üblen Tor zur Heide tief ins Dreiecksmoor. 50 |
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| Opmerkingen |
Vechta's 1922 Notgeld issue belongs to the enormous wave of municipal emergency currency printed across Germany as hyperinflation destroyed the utility of Reichsbank denominations for small transactions. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional commercial printer who produced Notgeld for numerous small municipalities — not a specialist security printer — which is why these notes lack the intaglio depth of contemporary central bank issues and were never intended to resist forgery under anything but casual scrutiny.
Vechta itself was a predominantly Catholic administrative center in the Oldenburg district, a distinction that occasionally surfaces in the religious imagery choices made for local Notgeld series.