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50 Pfennig Nordische Woche
| Issuer | City of Lübeck (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0827.1-2/5 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is set within a red outer border enclosing a pale grey field with a repeated eagle watermark-style underprint. A large central oval in blue and gold contains the Swedish coat of arms — a blue escutcheon charged with three golden crowns in two-and-one arrangement, overlaid by a golden Nordic cross, and surmounted by a royal crown with orb and cross. The legend 'NORDISCHE WOCHE' is split across four corners of the design in bold sans-serif capitals, with a letter 'B' variety mark at lower right and the printer's imprint 'W. GÜNTERITZ, LÜBECK' at the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NORDISCHE WOCHE |
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The Nordische Woche — Nordic Week — was a cultural festival held in Lübeck in June 1921, organized to strengthen ties between Germany and Scandinavia at a moment when Germany's international standing had been gutted by Versailles. The city issued this Notgeld series specifically for the occasion, making it a promotional issue as much as an emergency one — collectibility was the point from the start, and dealers were selling sets before the festival closed.
Rahtgens was Lübeck's own printer, and Günteritz's designs for the series are among the more considered of the Notgeld boom years. The reference splits this into two sub-varieties, distinguished by minor printing differences rather than separate dates of issue.