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50 Pfennige
| Issuer | Stadt Recklinghausen (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 July 1922 |
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| Obverse description | Green and yellow Jugendstil-style Notgeld with acanthus scroll borders flanking a central vignette of a church tower amid trees, inscribed 'Die Stadt im Vest' above. Denomination cartouches reading '50 Pfennige' appear at upper left and right corners, with a city silhouette along the lower margin. Issue date '1. Dezember 1921', validity clause, and serial number are printed at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD Recklinghausen Die Stadt im Vest 50 Pfennige 1170 zu Köln no Hansa 1816 zur Hansa Gültig bis 1. Juli 1922 / Recklinghausen / 1. Dezember 1921 Der Magistrat: No |
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Recklinghausen's 1921 Notgeld issue came out of the broader municipal emergency currency wave that swept German cities as the Reichsbank struggled to keep low-denomination coinage in circulation. Postwar metal shortages and rampant hoarding meant that towns across the Ruhr issued their own paper scrip simply to make change — not from any local monetary ambition, but out of practical necessity.
The single "Hamm" signature likely refers to a senior Magistrat official rather than a countersignatory in the banking sense. Locally printed and locally signed, this note never traveled far.