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50 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Uelzen |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette within a ruled border, presenting the Uelzen town arms — a fortified gateway with flanking towers and a shield — set within a circular legend band, against a teal-toned underprint with two stylised trees to either side. The denomination tablet reading '50 Pfennige' in Fraktur script occupies the upper centre, flanked by wheat-ear ornamental columns. A serial number in Gothic blackletter runs along the top margin, and a two-line demonetisation notice in Fraktur script is printed along the lower edge. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a woodcut-style vignette within a double-ruled frame, centred on a large owl rendered in fine line work against a teal underprint, with a view of Uelzen's church and town buildings occupying the lower right background. The denomination '50 Pfennige' appears in the upper right corner in bold Fraktur numerals and lettering, above the issuer's name in three lines of Gothic blackletter script along the lower portion. A red dot guilloche pattern forms the overall background across the entire field. |
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Uelzen's municipal savings bank was among hundreds of German local institutions that issued small-denomination Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed World War One. The 50 Pfennig piece from the Sparkasse der Stadt Uelzen is typical of the early utilitarian emergency issues — small, paper, unadorned — produced before municipalities discovered that collectors would pay premiums for decorative series, which transformed Notgeld production into something closer to a souvenir trade by 1921.
At 49 × 35 mm, this is among the smallest paper currency formats produced in Germany. Easy to lose, easy to destroy.