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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Städte Bremerhaven, Geestemünde und Lehe (Der Stadtrat Bremerhaven, Der Magistrat Geestemünde, Der Magistrat Lehe) |
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| Printer | M. Dumont Schauberg, Köln, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | BREMERHAVEN * GEESTEMÜNDE * LEHE Gutschein über 50 PFENNIG Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen, Banken und Sparkassen der unterzeichneten Städte in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Ankündigung in den hiesigen Tageszeitungen. Die Städte Bremerhaven, Geestemünde und Lehe haften für die Einlösung als Gesamtschuldner. Der Stadtrat Bremerhaven – Der Magistrat Geestemünde Der Magistrat Lehe M. DUMONT SCHAUBERG, KÖLN |
| Reverse description | Printed in pale ochre-brown on plain paper, the reverse centres on a large circular vignette enclosing a finely engraved harbour scene with a steamship and waterfront buildings. Four corner medallions with rosette surrounds each bear the numeral '50' in white relief against a guilloche ground, and horizontal wavy-line guilloche patterns fill the remaining field, lending the note a uniform decorative texture with no additional lettering. |
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A rare instance of three distinct municipal governments — Bremerhaven, Geestemünde, and Lehe — jointly issuing emergency currency, each with its own signatory magistrate. The three towns occupied adjacent positions at the Weser estuary and were administratively separate until their forced consolidation into a single city in 1924. This note predates that merger, making the triple-authority signature block a direct reflection of a political arrangement that no longer existed within a few years of issue.
M. Dumont Schauberg, better known as a Cologne newspaper and publishing house, handled a substantial volume of Notgeld printing during the early Weimar shortage period.