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50 Pfennig Münchner Bräustübl Oscar Sohm
| Issuer | Münchner Bräustübl Oscar Sohm, Hamburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein über Fünfzig 50 Pfennige wird gegen Speis' u Trank wenn es sein muß s'auch in bar! s'eingelöst s'im Münch'ner Bräustäb'l Oscar Sohm! Hamburg Druck: P. P. Bendschneider, Spaldingstr. 210. |
| Reverse description | A richly coloured pictorial vignette occupies the full interior of the note: at centre stands a costumed folk figure in a black-and-yellow robe and pointed hat, raising two beer steins in outstretched arms. To the left background rise the twin onion-domed towers of the Munich Frauenkirche flanked by radishes and white turnips; to the right appear a domed Hamburg civic building and a memorial statue beside a platter of food. A scrolling ribbon banner curves across the upper register carrying the establishment name and address text. At lower centre a pale rectangular panel bears the telephone number and serial number. The artist's signature 'A. Wiesener 1920' appears at lower right. The note is enclosed in the same yellow-and-black hatched border as the obverse. |
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A piece of Hamburg Notgeld from the inflationary scramble of 1921, issued by a beer hall rather than any municipal or banking authority. Private commercial establishments issuing their own emergency scrip was legally tolerated during this period, and the notes often functioned as in-house tokens redeemable against food and drink tabs rather than as general currency — which puts a hard ceiling on how many would have left the premises at all.
Bendschneider was a Hamburg printer active in the Notgeld trade, turning out small runs for local clients. Designer A. Wiesener is otherwise obscure.