50 Pfennig, Stadt Luebbecke, 1921
Gutschein der Stadt Luebbecke i. W.
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This copy
- Accession
- OM-00631
- Serial
- M 028712
- Series year
- 1921
- Actually issued
- 1921
- Signatures
- This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
- Grade
- XF (IBNS)
Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.
- Estimated value
- $5.5 indicative
Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-17.
- Dimensions
- 93.9 × 66.9 mm (±0.6, from the scan)
- Themes
- NotgeldSerienscheinWestphaliaAnthemWeimar Republic
The type
- Type
- 50 Pfennig, Stadt Luebbecke, 1921
- Printer
- Gustav Heynke (Kanne & Kuehne), Detmold
- Rarity
- common
Inscriptions
Die Staedtische Sparkasse loest diesen Schein ein. Ungueltig einen Monat nach Aufruf.
The municipal savings bank redeems this note. Void one month after it is called in.
Symbology
- The town arms
- Crossed keys and a star beneath a mural crown, the arms of Luebbecke.
- The Westphalia anthem
- Each note of the set carries one verse of the Westfalenlied; this is the second.
What was happening
By 1920 German Notgeld had stopped being a response to a coin shortage and become a collector's product. Towns, districts and firms commissioned decorative Serienscheine - lithographed sets printed far beyond any local need and sold to collectors, illustrated with whatever the place was proud of: a legend, a famous son, a battle, a trade, a joke in dialect. The result is the most inventive body of graphic design in the history of paper money, made in the years when Germany's currency was dying.
Luebbecke lies on the northern edge of Westphalia below the Wiehengebirge. Its 50-Pfennig notes carry the verses of the Westfalenlied, the Westphalia anthem, a stanza to a note; this is verse 2. The obverse shows the town arms - crossed keys and a star under a mural crown - and the undertaking that the municipal savings bank will redeem the note, void a month after it is called in. Issued July 1921, serial M 028712.
This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 50 Pfennig, Stadt Luebbecke, 1921 in the collection.
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