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50 Pfennig Kreis-Handwerkerbund
| Issuer | Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau a/W. and Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Orange and black Notgeld note with a bold Fraktur header reading "Kreis-Handwerkerbund-Stolzenau a/W." across the top border. The central design is dominated by a large upward-pointing triangle in orange and yellow with the denomination "50 Pfennig" in heavy black Fraktur script; flanking cloud-shaped blue cartouches to the left and right carry the inscriptions "Gutschein über" and "50 Pfennig" respectively, set against an ornate black foliate background. The lower portion bears a two-line redemption clause naming the Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. Stolzenau a/W., the issue date "den 15. Nov. 1921", the validity notice expiring 30 Juni 1922, series designation "Lit. B" at both lower corners, and two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis-Handwerkerbund-Stolzenau a/W. Gutschein über 50 Pfennig Lit. B Gegen Einlieferung dieses Gutscheines zahlt die Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. Stolzenau a/Weser 50 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 30. Juni 1922 Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau a/W. Spar-u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. den 15. Nov. 1921 |
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The Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau an der Weser was a district-level artisans' association — not a bank — and its co-issuance of emergency currency with the local savings and credit cooperative reflects exactly how decentralized Weimar-era Notgeld production had become by 1921. Municipal and commercial issuers had been papering over coin shortages since 1916; by the early 1920s, trade guilds were doing the same.
Stolzenau itself is a small market town on the Weser in Lower Saxony, and issues from such minor administrative issuers were often printed in short runs, circulating within a tight geographic radius before being redeemed or simply pocketed by collectors — a fate that ironically preserved many of them.