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50 Pfennigs Wilhelmsburg, Verein für Heimatkunde
| Issuer | Verein für Heimatkunde in Wilhelmsburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | WILHELMSBURGER GUTSCHEIN WILHELMSBURGER HAUSMARKEN 50 Pf. DIESER GUTSCHEIN BERECHTIGT ZUM EIN-MALIGEN EINTRITT IN DAS WILHELMSBURGER MUSEUM DES VEREINS FÜR HEIMATKUNDE IN WILHELMSBURG. - ER VERLIERT DIE GÜLTIG-KEIT, WENN ER NICHT DREI MONATE NACH ER-FOLGTEM ÖFFENTL. AUF-RUF BEI DER WILHELMS-BURGER SPARKASSE ODER BEIM WILHELMS-BURGER BANKVEREIN EINGETAUSCHT WIRD. WILHELMSBURG, SEPTEMBER 1921 Der Verein für Heimatkunde in Wilhelmsburg HARTUNG & CO, HAMBURG. |
| Reverse description | Vertically oriented multicolour vignette printed in blue, red, yellow, and green, presenting a panoramic bird's-eye view of Wilhelmsburg with its industrial skyline, waterway, trees, and a windmill; an owl perches at centre-left of the composition. At upper left a large allegorical figure in striped costume raises banners in Wilhelmsburg's colours, while a decorative cartouche at lower centre — framed by floral and gear ornaments with flanking eagles — bears the inscription Wilhelmsburg das Land der Zukunft in Gothic lettering. Red ribbon banners at the upper and lower margins carry verse inscriptions in Gothic script, and a small numeral 1 appears within a circle at upper right. |
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Wilhelmsburg notgeld was issued in 1921 by a local heritage society rather than a municipality or savings bank — an unusual arrangement that reflects the broad latitude German authorities tolerated in emergency currency issuance during the postwar inflation period. The Verein für Heimatkunde's involvement suggests the series may have had a collector-oriented dimension from the outset, a common strategy among civic organizations that used notgeld as both a fundraising mechanism and a vehicle for local promotion.
Hartung & Co. in Hamburg handled production, a logical choice given Wilhelmsburg's geographic position as a port island administratively separate from Hamburg until 1938.