GERMANY - STADT CUXHAVEN NOTGELD NOTE - Scarce 1919 ISSUE - 50 Pfennig Banknote. The Banknote is crisp and clean - it grades UNCIRCULATED - A superb example.
Cuxhaven issue of a 50 Pfennig Emergency Banknote dated 1919.
Cuxhaven - Freistaat Thüringen (Thuringia ) - 50 Pfennig denomination.
The note is in Green Red Blue and Brown with Black text on the face and just Green and Brown to the reverse, all on White unwatermarked paper.
On one side of the note probably the face the main image at the centre shows an image of the Alte Liebe which is The former pier in the harbour of Cuxhaven that now serves as a viewing platform. It is located on the riverside boundary of the harbour and the Lower Elbe river. At the top corners in a Red shield is the Coat of Arms of Cuxhaven, between them is text as follows - Gutschein der Stadt Cuxhaven, meaning roughly 'Cuxhaven emergency money'. The denomination as '50 Pfennig.' is at each of the bottom corners of the note.
The other side of the note has the denomination as '50 Pfennig.' in very large sized type at each of the top corners of the note. At the top centre is an image of the Schloss Ritzebüttel, which is a late 14th century castle in Cuxhaven. (NB. It was the residence of the Hamburg magistrates during the time Ritzebüttel was part of Hamburg (from 1394 until 1864. The castle is one of the oldest preserved North German brick Gothic secular buildings in the region and is now a tourist attraction, open to visitors).
Below at the left and right is text with the date and place of issue as - Gültig bis 31.12.1921. Cuxhaven im Oktober 1919. Dieser Gutschein wird von unserer Stadtkasse eingelöst. All this means more or less - 'Valid until 21st December 1921. Cuxhaven, issued October 1919'. This banknote will be redeemed by our city treasury'.
At the bottom right is the signature of Max Bleichen on behalf of Der Magistrat or Local Council. Herr Bleichen served as Bürgermeister (Mayor) of Cuxhaven from 1907 - 1918 and from 1919 - 1931. (NB. For a few months in late 1918 and early 1919, because the November Revolution, following World War One, meant that in Germany much of local Government was in flux).
At the bottom left is the Serial Number in Black as No. 188754.
Size of the banknote - 86 x 60mm.
Crisp and clean, this old banknote has not seen any circulation - it is a superb example, so must grade Uncirculated, as issued.
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