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50 Pfennig Schildhorst; Glashüttenwerk W. Hampel
| Issuer | W. Hampel G.m.b.H. Glashüttenwerk, Schildhorst |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein. W. Hampel G.m.b.H Glashüttenwerk 50 Fünfzig Pfg 50 Schildhorst bei Freden-Leine, den 1. Juli 1920 Dieser Gutschein wird, wenn in Beträgen von 1 Mark an auf einmal eingereicht, durch Auszahlung des Geldwertes in bar eingelöst. Derselbe verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht spätestens drei Monate nach öffentlicher Aufforderung zur Einlösung vorgezeigt wird. W. Hampel G.m.b.H |
| Reverse description | Purple-grey letterpress vignette enclosed within an ornamental border with scroll-work corner pieces and wave-pattern inner frame. The central scene depicts a group of factory workers posed inside the glassworks interior, surrounded by crates and equipment. The issuer's name and location appear in Gothic script across the dark upper panel, with the denomination numeral 50 repeated in each corner cartouche. |
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Schildhorst is a small locality near Nienburg in Lower Saxony, and the Hampel glassworks there was among thousands of German industrial firms that issued Notgeld during the severe coin shortage of 1920. The fractional pfennig denominations were the most acutely needed — small change had effectively vanished from circulation — which is why private factory scrip at this level was legally tolerated and genuinely used by workers on-site.
J. C. König & Ebhardt of Hannover, primarily a stationery and bookbinding supply house, printed a substantial volume of local Notgeld during this period. Their output is recognizable by competent but unspectacular letterpress work.