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50 Pfennig Sportvereinigung St. Georg
| Issuer | Sportvereinigung St. Georg, Hamburger Turnerschaft von 1816 |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Teal and yellow-green notgeld printed by letterpress, centred on a circular vignette of Saint George in golden armour on a rearing white horse, lance thrust downward at a dragon below. The denomination '50 Pf.' appears in bold Gothic numerals in the upper-right and lower-left cartouches, with the issuer's shield monogram 'G 1816 St.' at upper left and the monogram 'H.T. 1816' at lower right. To the left, the redemption address 'Einlösungsstelle: Bankhaus Möhle & Dallmer, Glockengiéßerwall 17' is printed in black, while a validity clause and the date 'Hamburg d. 1. Sept. 1921' with a manuscript signature appear at right. |
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| Reverse lettering | DER HAMBURGER BRAND 1842. 50 Pt. Hein treck dien willen Kittel an Und do dien Pflicht aß Sprüttenmann |
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German club notgeld from the inflation period, issued by the Hamburg gymnastics society tracing its founding to 1816 — one of the oldest turner organizations in the country. The Hamburger Turnerschaft's notgeld was a practical response to the acute small-change shortage that plagued Germany from 1919 onward, when municipalities and private bodies alike filled the gap left by hoarded coins.
A. Mühlhan was a Hamburg-based printer responsible for a number of local notgeld issues from this period. Collector demand for series notgeld was already influencing print runs by 1921, and it is often impossible to determine how much of any given club issue actually circulated versus being sold directly to collectors.