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| Emittent | Stadt Wesel (City of Wesel) |
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| Jahr | 1921 |
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| Währung | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Notgeld voucher with a central vignette of the municipal arms of Wesel — a red shield bearing three ermine figures above a smaller white escutcheon with scrollwork — flanked by laurel wreaths. Denomination '50 Pfg.' appears in large numerals at left and right. Below, a two-line redemption clause and issuance date appear in italic script, with a serial number at lower left and the Bürgermeister's signature at lower right. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Central vignette shows a line-art view of the Citadel Gate (Citadelltor) with the Schill Casemate in Wesel, flanked by poplar trees; a stone arch bears the inscription 'ERBAUT 1710 ERNEUT 1833'. A ribbon banner above carries the site name. Denomination '50' appears in corner cartouches, with '50 Pf' repeated at lower corners alongside the issuer legend. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Wesel's 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the sprawling municipal emergency currency phenomenon that swept Germany as central authorities failed to supply adequate small-denomination coinage during the postwar economic dislocation. Stadt Wesel, a Rhine fortress town with a long Prussian military history, issued these 50-Pfennig notes alongside a broader series to keep local commerce functional.
Many Wesel Notgeld pieces from this period were printed in deliberately collectible runs — issuers knew philatelists and collectors were buying them unused, and some municipalities printed far beyond actual circulation needs. Whether this series falls into that category or served genuine transactional use is worth investigating before assigning a scarcity premium.