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50 Pfennig Neustadt in Westpreußen
| Issuer | Magistrat Neustadt Westpreußen |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 77 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain light green paper notgeld voucher printed in Fraktur (blackletter) typeface, with the denomination text arranged in three lines across the upper portion. A circular official municipal stamp in violet ink, bearing the legend NEUSTADT, WESTPR. around the perimeter and a star-and-wreath device at center, is applied to the lower left. Two handwritten signatures appear to the right of the stamp, and a punched cancellation hole is present at the upper left corner. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, showing the plain light greenish-grey paper stock with visible fold lines from circulation. |
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Neustadt in Westpreußen — today Wejherowo in northern Poland — issued this note in 1914 as part of the early Notgeld wave triggered by the hoarding of coins that swept German municipalities within weeks of mobilization. The Reichsbank's metal coinage vanished from circulation almost immediately after war was declared in August, forcing local magistrates to issue emergency fractional notes with no central authorization and no standardized format.
At 77 × 60 mm, the format sits closer to a large postage stamp than a conventional banknote — a deliberate economy when printing resources were already being redirected toward the war effort.