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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Geestemünde |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 103 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Konto Nr. 112 Städtische Sparkasse Geestemünde in Geestemünde wolle zahlen gegen diese Anweisung aus Guthaben an, oder Überbringer 50 Pfennig. Geestemünde, den 1. Oktober 1920. Fischversand "SATURN" FRANZ SCHERRER HANNOVER |
| Reverse description | Yellow-ochre ground with a double-rule border on grey card stock. A bold caricature portrait bust in dark navy of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher faces left, rendered in an expressive woodcut style. A facsimile signature 'Blücher' and a star decoration appear at lower centre, with the Gothic caption 'Marschall Vorwärts!' below. |
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Geestemünde was a busy North Sea port town that merged with Lehe and Bremerhaven in 1924, meaning this Sparkasse ceased to exist as an independent institution within four years of issuing this note. The 1920 date places it squarely in the Notgeld peak — municipal savings banks across Germany were printing emergency small change because coins had effectively vanished from circulation, hoarded or melted during the inflationary spiral following defeat in 1918.
Franz Scherrer of Hannover was a mid-tier regional printer responsible for Notgeld issues from several Lower Saxony municipalities. Not a prestige house, but reliable enough for the volume demands of the period.