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50 Pfennig Gewerbe- und Landwirtschafts-Bank
| Issuer | Gewerbe- und Landwirtschafts-Bank e.G.m.u.H., Kyritz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-brown ground with a central vignette of the Kyritz municipal coat of arms — a red shield quartered with two towers and a fleur-de-lis — flanked by stylised ornamental scrollwork in black and white. The denomination '50' appears in red at upper left and upper right in Gothic numerals, with the issuer's name 'Die Gewerbe- u. Landwirtschafts Bank e.G.m.u.H. in Kyritz' inscribed across the top in black Gothic script. A cheque-style payment text occupies the lower left, the written denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in bold red Gothic lettering at lower centre, and the place-date 'Kyritz, den 31. Dezember 1921' with a serial number and manuscript signatures appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | A full-width woodcut-style vignette in grey-green, red, and black illustrates the defeat of the robber knight Bassewitz by the citizens of Kyritz, with a group of armed townsfolk subduing a fallen armoured figure amid a rocky landscape. Two framed verse inscriptions in Gothic script occupy the upper left and upper right corners of the composition. The denomination '50' is repeated in white numerals within red panels at the lower left and lower right corners, with the descriptive caption 'Bezwingung des Raubritters Bassewitz' centred in the lower red border. |
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The Gewerbe- und Landwirtschafts-Bank in Kyritz was a cooperative credit institution — the "e.G.m.u.H." designation marks it as a registered cooperative with limited liability — and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 reflects the acute small-denomination coin shortage that plagued provincial German commerce well into the inflation years. J. A. Schwarz of Lindenberg im Allgäu was a prolific notgeld printer, supplying dozens of small issuers across the Reich during this period.