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50 Pfennig Ammerländisches Bauernhaus
| Issuer | Bad Zwischenahn, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 110 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown letterpress on cream paper, with a decorative geometric border of interlocking guilloche patterns framing the entire note. At the top, the Low German dialect inscription 'GODSCHIEN' is set in bold lettering, followed by a line of text reading 'för't ammerländsche Buernhus to Twüschenahn täwer'. A central hexagonal vignette contains the bold numeral '50' flanked by the denomination legend 'föftig Penn.', with a further line at the foot reading 'dat weern wellehr twölf Grot'. The printer's imprint 'GERHARD STALLING, OLDENBURG' appears at the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in the same warm brown tone, presents a central landscape vignette of a traditional Ammerland thatched farmhouse (Ammerländisches Bauernhaus) set amid trees, rendered in fine letterpress engraving. Two large deciduous trees with bare branches flank the farmhouse composition on either side, lending a naturalistic, rustic character to the design. A Low German inscription runs along the upper margin and the denomination text 'MIEN LEWLI AMMERLAND' is inscribed along the lower edge. |
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Bad Zwischenahn issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early Weimar period, when hoarding of metal coinage left municipalities scrambling to produce their own Kleingeldersatz. The Gerhard Stalling press in Oldenburg was a natural local choice — primarily a book and map publisher, Stalling had pivoted to Notgeld production alongside dozens of other regional printers suddenly pressed into emergency currency work.
The Ammerländisches Bauernhaus — the traditional thatched farmhouse form of the Ammerland region — gave this series its collector name. The 1478.1b suffix in the DeNG catalog distinguishes a specific paper or print variant within the broader Bad Zwischenahn issue.