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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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| Obverse lettering | Nr. 023114 50 Pfennige Sparkasse der Stadt Uelzen Dieser Gutschein tritt spätestens mit dem 1. Juli 1920 außer Kraft. |
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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.