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50 Pfennig Schabbelhaus
| Issuer | Schabbelhaus, Lübeck |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0830.1 |
| Obverse description | Tan-toned notgeld note with a bold hand-drawn artistic design signed 'Virck 1920' at lower corners. A central cartouche in an irregular ornamental frame bears the large numeral '50' above the denomination text 'PFENNIG', flanked on both sides by stylised clusters of grapes on trailing vines. At the top, the legend 'NOTW ECHSELGELD' arches across the note with the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. Juli 1921' beneath it; at the lower register, the redemption clause reads 'EINLÖSUNG NUR IM SCHABBELHAUS IN LÜBECK – MENGSTR. 36'. The printer's imprint 'H.G. Rahtgens Lübeck' appears at the very foot of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | SCHABBELHAUS VIRCK 1920 |
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Schabbelhaus was a celebrated restaurant and wine house occupying a Renaissance merchant's building in Lübeck's old city — one of the most architecturally distinguished dining establishments in northern Germany. This note is Notgeld, issued during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early Weimar period, when municipalities, businesses, and private institutions printed their own emergency pfennig denominations to keep commerce moving.
H. G. Rahtgens was a Lübeck printer with deep roots in the city's commercial printing trade, making this a thoroughly local production from paper to press. The designer credit to Virck suggests a commissioned artist rather than a house designer — not uncommon for Notgeld issues where local establishments sought distinctive, collectible pieces that doubled as advertising.