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50 Pfennig Verkehrsverein
| Issuer | Verkehrsverein Lüneburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Printer | Gustav Peters, Lüneburg, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | Sol- u. Moorbad Lüneburg z. 1000 jähr. Bestehen d. Salzquelle DER ALTE KRAN 50 Pf. DIESER SCHEIN IST KEIN ZAHLUNGSMITTEL U. DIENT NUR SAMMLERZWECKEN Herausgegeben vom Verkehrsverein Lüneburg · 1921 DRUCK v. GUSTAV PETERS · LÜNEBURG |
| Reverse description | Dark ground with a central rectangular vignette in brown and cream showing a medieval street scene in which guild-elected burgomasters depart from the Kaland assembly; the caption below the vignette reads 'Die von den Gilden gewählten Bürgermeister verlassen den Kaland.' The heading 'Lüneburgs' appears in bold Gothic lettering across the top black band, and 'Sülfmeisterzeit 1400–1500' in matching script occupies the lower band. Denomination roundels reading '50 Pf.' in red and black are placed symmetrically at left and right centre, surrounded by corner ornaments of stylised floral motifs in ochre on black. |
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Lüneburg's Verkehrsverein — essentially a local tourism and commerce association — became an unlikely currency issuer during the acute small-change shortage that plagued Germany in the early 1920s. Municipal and commercial bodies across the country filled the void left by hoarded coins, and this 50 Pfennig note is a product of exactly that improvised infrastructure. Gustav Peters was a local Lüneburg printer, not a security printing house, which is worth bearing in mind when examining paper quality and impression consistency across surviving examples.