50 Pfennig Schoppenstedt Notgeld

Date

c.1920

Code

CH/5/4/2/5/4

Extent

1 sheet paper, 103mm x 72mm

Level

Item

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This notgeld is from Schöppenstedt and has the value of 50 Pfennig. It shows two men in the centre, one wearing a yellow jacket and holding a bucket, the other one seems to be the mayor, he is wearing official clothing and he is holding two buckets. The inscription in German reads: 'Inschrift am alten Spritzenhaus: In dieser guten alten Statt, wo jeder Burger seinen hatt, im Fall der [...], wo Gott vor sey, da hat der Buergermeister 2.' It translates as: Inscription at the old Fire House: In this good old city, where every citizen has their own, in case of need where God is before[?] the mayor has 2.' This is one of sixty notgeld or 'emergency money' banknotes in the reference collection of packaging material which belonged to the designer Charles Hasler. Notgeld were produced by German towns, villages and municipalities from the end of the First World War until the mid 1920s, when the state bank (the Reichsbank), struggled with wartime metal shortages and post- war hyperinflation. The highly decorative notes soon became collectors items - and still remain to this day. They are double-sided and printed with their monetary value, information about the village, town or province of issue and some colourful illustration.

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