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50 Pfennig Spar- und Leihkasse
| Issuer | Lütjenburger Spar- und Leihkasse |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in olive-green and blue on white paper within a bold black outer border. The denomination '50 PFG' appears in large numerals at upper left and upper right, flanking the central legend 'LÜTJENBURGER NOTGELD' in bold letterpress. At centre, the town arms of Lütjenburg — a crenellated tower within a roundel, surmounted by a shield — is enclosed within a stylised eye-shaped cartouche formed by curved blue ribbon bands. A broad blue scroll across the lower half carries the redemption text in German, with the issuer's name 'LÜTJENBURGER' at lower left and 'SPAR- u. LEIHKASSE' at lower right, accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels printed in olive-green and blue. The left panel carries a vignette of a uniformed watchman in 18th-century dress; the right panel mirrors this composition with a second figure blowing a horn. The wide central panel presents a nocturnal street scene — a moonlit town alley with a cat on a rooftop and a figure shooting from a window — captioned '2. Der erste Schuß', illustrating the local folk legend 'De Bottermelkskrieg to Lüttenborg'. The denomination '50 Pf' appears in all four corners, with the title legend across the top and bottom black bands. The printer's imprint 'Ad. Eßich & Co., Oldenburg i. O.' appears in the bottom margin below the border. |
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Lütjenburger Spar- und Leihkasse was a small savings and loan institution in Lütjenburg, a market town in Holstein, and this 50 Pfennig note belongs to the great wave of German Notgeld issued between 1919 and 1922 when chronic coin shortages — compounded by postwar inflation — forced municipal bodies and local institutions to print their own low-denomination emergency money. Ad. Eßich & Co. in Oldenburg handled a considerable volume of such regional Notgeld commissions during this period, operating as a practical jobbing printer rather than a specialist security firm.
W. Kaufmann's design credit is unusual enough to be worth noting — most Notgeld of this type went uncredited.