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50 Pfennig Nordische Woche
| Issuer | City of Lübeck (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 11 September 1921 |
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| Obverse description | Grey underprint of repeating 'NW 50' monograms covers the field, over which a central blue oval vignette bears a letterpress view of the Lübeck Cathedral (Marienkirche) with its twin Gothic spires, encircled by the inscription 'MUSTERSCHAU · LÜBECK ·'. The Lübeck civic eagle arms appear in the upper-left and upper-right corners, with denomination numerals '50' in bordered cartouches at lower left and right. A bold red panel across the lower third carries the validity clause in large black letterpress capitals, with three manuscript signatures above the printer's imprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | MUSTERSCHAU · LÜBECK · | 50 | NUR GÜLTIG IN DER AUSSTELLUNG VOM 1-11. SEPTEMBER 1921. | H.G. RAHTGENS, LÜBECK. | W. GÜNTERITZ. 21. |
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Nordische Woche — "Nordic Week" — was a cultural festival held in Lübeck in June 1921, organized to celebrate the city's historical and commercial ties to Scandinavia. The Notgeld issued for it was frankly promotional material as much as emergency currency: by 1921, many German municipalities had recognized that collectors were buying these small-denomination notes without ever spending them, turning Notgeld runs into a modest revenue source. Lübeck played this market shrewdly.
H. G. Rahtgens was a Lübeck printer with deep local roots, which accounts for the relatively high production quality compared to Notgeld issued by smaller towns using whatever press was available. Designer W. Günteritz is otherwise obscure in the numismatic record.