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50 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Light blue-grey notgeld printed in dark blue-black, centred on a circular vignette bearing the municipal seal of Dannenberg — a conifer flanked by two heraldic lions — surrounded by the circular legend 'SPARKASSE DER STADT DANNENBERG'. The word 'GUTSCHEIN' arches across the top, with 'DER STADT' flanking the seal horizontally and 'SPARKASSE' and 'DANNENBERG' running vertically on each side. Below the vignette the date '19—19' is set on either side of a sunburst underprint, with the denomination '50' in red numeral above the panel 'PFENNIG', and the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. Jan. 1923' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | No Waldemarsturm Eleonore Prochaska Denkmal 50 Pfennig 50 |
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Dannenberg's municipal savings bank — the Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg — issued this 50 Pfennig Notgeld in 1919, one of thousands of similar small-denomination emergency issues that flooded Germany as the central authorities failed to supply adequate coinage following the war. The Reichsbank's inability to meet demand for fractional currency left municipalities, savings banks, and even private firms filling the gap themselves, with mixed results in terms of standardization or redemption reliability.
At 60 × 40 mm, this is among the smaller Notgeld formats — a deliberate choice in some cases to discourage hoarding by making the notes feel less like "real" money.