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50 Pfennig Hoffmanns Hotel Falk
| Issuer | Hoffmanns Hotel Falk, Norderney |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed letterpress illustration of the hotel building set atop an open book, rendered in blue-grey tones on a cream ground. The denomination numeral '50' appears in large Gothic blackletter at both left and right margins, each followed by 'Pfg.', while a six-pointed Star of David occupies each upper corner. The issuer's name 'Hoffmanns Hotel Falk Norderney' arches across the top in bold Gothic script, with the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. Oktober 1922' and the founding note 'Stammhaus gegründet 1844' rendered in prominent calligraphic lettering along the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | Hast Du gebadet in der salzgen Flut und hast zurückgewonnen neuen Lebensmut hast Dich bestrahlen lassen von der Sonne und atmest Seeluft voller Wonne dann stärk' bei Hoffmann Dir den Magen dort wirds Dir sicherlich behagen. Kehrst Du dann heim in's Alltagseinerlei Denk froh zurück an's schöne Norderney Laß schallen Deine Lobeshieder und – kehre wieder! 50 Pfg. |
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Norderney, the oldest of the East Frisian North Sea resort islands, became a fashionable destination for the German upper-middle class in the late 19th century, and its hotels accumulated enough regular clientele to justify issuing their own small-denomination scrip. Hoffmann's Hotel Falk was one such establishment — private hotel notgeld of this type circulated as provisional currency during the acute coin shortages of 1917–1921, redeemable only within the issuing property or its immediate commercial circle.
The DeNG 1/2 reference places this firmly in the first Notgeld period. Hotel-issued pieces are among the more obscure Notgeld categories and survive in smaller quantities than municipal issues, simply because fewer were printed and the redemption incentive was more immediate.