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50 Pfennig Part 7
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Schöppenstedt |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of the Schöppenstedt townscape is set beneath a large semicircular arch, with a Gothic church tower rising at centre and rows of red-roofed half-timbered buildings flanking it. Radiating bands in the German national colours of black, red, and gold fill the upper register, framing the denomination "50 Pfennige 50" in stylised script at the top. The issuing authority "MAGISTRAT DER STADT Schöppenstedt — BÜRGERMEISTER" runs along the arch, with the expiry notice "DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GULTIGKEIT D.31.12.21" printed along the lower margin, and the designer's name "GÜNTHER CLAUSEN" at the bottom edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | Dem Ossen was sau dov im Kopp Sei wünnen en am Halse rop. Un as em nu de Luft utaung, De Tung em ut dem Halse hung. Da schreen de Lüde alltomal: ,,Hei licket all, hei licket all!" (Translation: The ox was so dull in the head, its wonder that it rubbed his neck. And when it ran out of air, its tongue hung from his neck. Then people screamed all at once: "He is already licking, he is already licking!") |
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Schöppenstedt is a small town in Lower Saxony, and this note belongs to the sprawling phenomenon of German Notgeld — the emergency municipal scrip that exploded after World War One when official coinage disappeared from circulation due to hoarding and metal shortages. By 1921, many municipalities were issuing Notgeld less from genuine necessity than for collector revenue, and Schöppenstedt was no exception. The "Part 7" designation indicates this belongs to a serialized set, a common marketing device of the period designed to drive completionist demand.
Günther Clausen's involvement as designer is worth noting — local artistic commissions for Notgeld were common, and the watermarked paper adds a security specification unusual for purely decorative collector issues.