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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Geldern |
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| Size | 90 × 61 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in teal, yellow, and black on cream paper, with a large central vignette of a fearsome dragon rendered in a medieval woodcut style, set against a background of stylised clouds and yellow linear hatching. Denomination numerals '50' appear in yellow cartouches at upper left and upper right within the teal border. A text panel in Gothic blackletter script runs across the upper portion of the central field, containing verses in Low German dialect referencing the local dragon legend; additional text in the same script runs vertically along all four inner border margins. |
| Reverse lettering | Van düsend Jahre du hätt in dont 'ne leken Draak gewohnt. Dat wor en ... Du hen foot food on troot, 't wor en rein Schandal. De Moid met de Geit, de fett van den Hett. Dat wor öm ganz egal. D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Kreissparkasse Geldern was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that resorted to issuing Notgeld during the acute small-change shortages of 1917–1922. These emergency issues were a local administrative decision, not a Reichsbank authorization — the Kreis (district) office effectively became a temporary money printer out of logistical necessity.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled a substantial volume of Notgeld commissions from municipalities across Germany during this period, which means their production schedules were under pressure and print quality varies considerably across their output. Glogau is now Głogów in present-day Poland, which explains the catalog's dual country notation.