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50 Pfennig Verkehrs- und Verschönerungs-Verein Schoenecken-Wetteldorf und Umgegend
| Issuer | Verkehrs- und Verschönerungs-Verein Schoenecken-Wetteldorf und Umgegend E.V. |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The upper register carries a bold dark band with the denomination '50 PFENNIG 50' in large block lettering. The left half of the note is occupied by a letterpress vignette of Schoenecken town panorama with the ruins of Schönecken Castle rising above rooftops and conifers. The right half bears the issuing authority's name in gothic script, a mandatory acceptance clause, the place and date 'Schoenecken (Eifel), den 1. Dezember 1921', and three handwritten signatures of the Vorstand (chairman, secretary, and treasurer) below their respective role titles. A validity notice in the lower border states that the note expires three months after official announcement in the Kreisblatt zu Prüm, with the printer's imprint 'Schaar & Dathe, Trier' beneath. |
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| Reverse lettering | Die Eierlage am Ostermontag zu Schoenecken. 50 PFG. Ein aus der Ritterzeit übernommener bis auf den heutigen Tag geübter Wettlauf. |
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Schoenecken-Wetteldorf is a small Eifel village near the Belgian border, and the issuing body here is not a municipality or savings bank but a local civic beautification and tourism association — an unusual authority for emergency currency even by the loose standards of German Notgeld. The 1921 date places this in the second wave of "Serienscheine," when such organizations issued small-denomination notes as much for collector revenue as for genuine liquidity relief.
Schaar & Dathe of Trier were a reliable regional printer for Rhineland Notgeld, producing competent chromolithographic work for dozens of Eifel issuers during this period.