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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Magistrat Wilsnack |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a detailed letterpress illustration of the Wunderblutkirche (Church of the Miraculous Blood) in Wilsnack, set within an arched frame against a warm ochre underprint, with figures rendered in the foreground. Two circular red municipal seal impressions flank the central vignette on the left and right, surrounded by decorative guilloche borders in red and black. The denomination "Fünfzig Pfennig" appears in a dark panel at the foot of the note, with validity text at lower left reading "Wilsnack gültig bis 20. Juni 1922" and the issuing authority "Der Magistrat" with the Bürgermeister's signature at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Luftkurort und Eisenmoorbad Wilsnack Wunderblut Kirche · Baubeginn 1384 Wirkung des Wunderblutes. Fünfzig Pfennig Wilsnack gültig bis 20. Juni 1922 Der Magistrat Bürgermeister |
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Wilsnack — officially Bad Wilsnack after 1935 — was a small Brandenburg town whose medieval pilgrimage trade had long since dried up by the time German municipalities were scrambling to print their own emergency money during the Kleingeldnot of 1921–1922. This note is Notgeld in the most literal sense: a stopgap issued by a local magistrate because the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough low-denomination coinage to keep daily commerce moving during the inflationary spiral.
Municipal Notgeld of this period was produced in staggering variety — some issues were purely functional, others printed as deliberate collectibles to generate revenue from outside buyers. Which category Wilsnack's issue falls into is worth considering before assigning a circulation premium.