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50 Pfennig Gemeinde-Sparkasse
| Issuer | Gemeinde-Sparkasse Bergen an der Dumme |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bergen gibt's in Deutschland viele. Und Gutschein der Gemeinde-Sparkasse Bergen an der Dumme Der Bürgermeister Darum nennt sich Vieles Bergen-Schlau- |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a finely executed intaglio-style vignette, signed by the artist A. Bätge, portraying a mounted medieval knight in armour bearing a cross-emblazoned shield, set against a landscape with a large tree and megalithic stones; an inscription identifies the figure as Bernhard von Bergen, dated in Roman numerals to 1217. Flanking the central scene are two smaller rectangular vignettes captioned 'Vorden' and 'Spithal', each illustrating local landmarks. The four corners carry the numeral '50' in red on black grounds, and the lower margin states the validity date 'GÜLTIG BIS 31. DEZ. 1922.' above a serial number panel. |
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Bergen an der Dumme is a small village in Lower Saxony, and in 1922 it was producing its own emergency currency alongside thousands of other German municipalities drowning in the hyperinflationary surge that followed the First World War. Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover was a prolific printer of Notgeld during this period, supplying dozens of small issuers across northern Germany who lacked any practical access to Reichsbank facilities.
The Gemeinde-Sparkasse designation — a municipal savings institution rather than a commercial bank — reflects how far down the administrative ladder emergency issuance had traveled by 1922.