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50 Pfennig Einswarden, Frerichswerft
| Issuer | Frerichswerft, Einswarden |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper Notgeld voucher printed in red-brown letterpress throughout, with a dense diagonal underprint of the repeated text 'Einswarden Frerichswerft' covering the entire field. The denomination '50 Pfg.' appears in the upper left and upper right corners flanking the large centered heading 'Gutschein', below which 'über' and the large face-value legend 'Fünfzig Pfennig' are set in bold Gothic type. The place and date of issue 'Einswarden, im Dezember 1918.' and the issuer name 'Frerichswerft' appear in the lower half, with a manuscript signature preceded by the authorization abbreviation 'ppa.' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Diesen Schein lösen auch ein: Deutsche Nationalbank, Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien, Depositenkasse Nordenham; Bank für Butjadingen Akt.-Ges., Blexen, Burhave, Nordenham. |
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Frerichswerft was a shipyard on the Weser estuary, and like hundreds of German industrial employers in 1918, it resorted to printing its own Notgeld when small-denomination coins vanished from circulation entirely — hoarded by the public as metal values outpaced face values. This note was almost certainly intended for use in the company canteen or as wage change, redeemable only within the firm's own payment network.
Shipyard-issued Notgeld from the final months of the war is uncommon; most surviving examples come from municipalities rather than private industrial issuers.