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50 Pfennig - Hannover Henry Seligmann
| Issuer | City of Hanover |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Reverse lettering | HENRY SELIGMANN 50 PF. |
| Edge | Plain |
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Hannover's porcelain notgeld issues of 1921 were produced during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic disruption, when municipalities across the country contracted private manufacturers — predominantly Meissen and a handful of smaller ceramic firms — to produce emergency currency in fired clay. The brown-glazed variant is one of several color iterations of this denomination issued simultaneously, a deliberate distinction that helped cashiers sort denominations quickly at the counter.
Henry Seligmann served as Hannover's city treasurer during this period, his name appearing on the issue as authorizing official rather than as designer.