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50 Pfennig Part 10
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Schöppenstedt |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1921 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a stylised townscape of Schöppenstedt, with red-roofed half-timbered buildings and a Gothic church tower rising at centre, all framed within a decorative arch inscribed with the city name. Diagonal red and yellow striped banners radiate from the arch against a cream ground, lending the composition a bold, Expressionist graphic character. The denomination '50 Pfennige 50' appears in large script lettering across the top, with the issuing authority 'Magistrat der Stadt' and 'Bürgermeister' inscribed along the arch border, and the validity notice at the foot dated 31.12.21. |
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| Reverse lettering | In dieser guten alten Stadt, wo jeder Bürger seinen hatt, im Fall der Nicht wo Gott vor sey, da hat der Bürgermeister 2. INSCHRIFT AM ALTEN SPRITZENHAUS |
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Schöppenstedt is a small town in Lower Saxony, and this Notgeld issue was part of the vast wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany in 1921 as chronic coin shortages and runaway inflation made official small denominations functionally useless. The designation "Part 10" indicates this belongs to a numbered series — a deliberate collector strategy that many issuing towns had already adopted by this point, producing themed sets specifically to attract hobbyists and generate premium revenue beyond face value.
Günther & Clausen were an active Notgeld printer of the period, handling numerous municipal contracts across northern Germany.