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100 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Bordelum (Municipality of Bordelum) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 100 Pfennigs (100 Pfennige) (1.00) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown and red on cream paper, the obverse is ruled at its border and carries the legend GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE across the top, with the municipal name BORDELUM in large red cursive lettering below and IN NORDFRIESLAND beneath that; arrow-shaped cartouches to either side of the name bear the date numerals 10 and 21. The Bordelum quartered heraldic coat of arms occupies the centre, flanked by the North Frisian Frisian motto phrases LEWWER DÜAD and ÜS SLAAV! with the denomination 1 M. in bold red repeated left and right. The lower margin carries the redeemability clause, the manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorsteher, the designer credit ENTW: JNGWER-PAULSEN, the invalidation notice UNGÜLTIG AM 31.III.1922, and the name U. HANS J. PHILIPP. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red and olive-green on cream paper, the reverse carries stylised floral and leaf border elements running vertically along both sides. A central-left rectangular vignette renders a traditional North Frisian windmill with adjacent farm buildings set against a green meadow foreground in multi-colour letterpress. To the upper right of the vignette the large red numeral 100 appears above a North Frisian dialect motto in black letterpress, with the denomination In Mark set in large red Gothic Fraktur script across the lower margin. |
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Bordelum is a village in Nordfriesland, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1921 was a direct consequence of the chronic small-change shortage that plagued Germany throughout the early Weimar period. Municipalities across Schleswig-Holstein stepped in where the central monetary system had failed, producing local Notgeld that was accepted purely on communal trust.
The Gebh. & Kunze firm in Flensburg handled a number of regional Notgeld commissions during this period — a practical choice for northern Schleswig communities given the printer's proximity. The designer credit to Jngwer-Paulsen is uncommon enough to suggest a local connection rather than a commercial studio hire.