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50 Pfennig Kreis-Handwerkerbund
| Issuer | Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau a/W. |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and orange Notgeld voucher with a central large triangle underprint enclosing the bold denomination '50 Pfennig' in Gothic script. Two ornate cloud-shaped cartouches in blue flank the triangle, the left inscribed 'Gutschein über' and the right '50 Pfennig', set against an elaborate foliage background. The lower panel carries a three-line redemption text naming the Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. Stolzenau a/Weser, with the issue date '15. Nov. 1921', two manuscript signatures, and the letter series 'Lit. B' repeated at left and right margins. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Stolzenau an der Weser was a small market town in the Hannover province, and its Kreis-Handwerkerbund — the district artisans' association — was among the many trade and craft guilds that stepped into the currency vacuum of the early Weimar inflation period. By 1921, coin shortages had made small-denomination exchange genuinely unworkable, and local bodies across Germany issued Notgeld not as novelty but out of practical necessity. A watermark on a note of this scale and origin is worth noting: most guild-issued Kleingeldscheine at this level skipped security features entirely.