Hamelin is a city in the north of Germany inhabited
by 58,972 people nowadays. It
belongs to the region Lower Saxony, in the south of the region.
A bit about Hamelin
Hamelin is lacted south west of Hannover, on the river Wesser.
Hamelin started as a monastery, built in the year 851. During the 15th and 16th century it belonged to the Hanseatic League. In 1843 the people in Hamelin built the popular Klütturm, from the rests of the first fort.The town is famous for the folk tale of Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln), a medieval story that tells of a tragedy that befell the town in the 13th century, popularized by the Brothers Grimm.
Notgeld
The town of Hamelin coined banknotes of 25 Pfennig, 50 Pfennig and 75 Pfennig.
This
banknotes worth 50 Pfennig was first circulated April the 1st of 1922.
On
the main side it can be seen a 50 surrounded by letters and inside a space
whose border is formed with rats and a fruit. Outside that border,
there is a green part (like a garden) which contains flowers like tulip.
On
the other side of the banknote, in the middle appears a picture of Pied Piper of Hamelin, with a flute player taking the rats out of the city. In up and down part it says "Auszug mit den Ratten aus Hameln", that means rats out of Hameln. In the left and right part there are two grapevines holding two 50's. As for the digital
watermark, it has no watermark. The size of this
banknote is 9.2 cm x 6.5 cm.
A bit about Hamelin
Hamelin started as a monastery, built in the year 851. During the 15th and 16th century it belonged to the Hanseatic League. In 1843 the people in Hamelin built the popular Klütturm, from the rests of the first fort.The town is famous for the folk tale of Pied Piper of Hamelin (Der Rattenfänger von Hameln), a medieval story that tells of a tragedy that befell the town in the 13th century, popularized by the Brothers Grimm.
The town of Hamelin coined banknotes of 25 Pfennig, 50 Pfennig and 75 Pfennig.
50 Pfennig (fünfzig Pfennig)
This
banknotes worth 50 Pfennig was first circulated April the 1st of 1922.
On
the main side it can be seen a 50 surrounded by letters and inside a space
whose border is formed with rats and a fruit. Outside that border,
there is a green part (like a garden) which contains flowers like tulip.
On
the other side of the banknote, in the middle appears a picture of Pied Piper of Hamelin, with a flute player taking the rats out of the city. In up and down part it says "Auszug mit den Ratten aus Hameln", that means rats out of Hameln. In the left and right part there are two grapevines holding two 50's. As for the digital
watermark, it has no watermark. The size of this
banknote is 9.2 cm x 6.5 cm. 
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