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1½ Mark
| Issuer | Gemeinde Trittau (Municipality of Trittau) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1.50 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large, gnarled oak tree rendered in green and brown tones, its spreading canopy filling the upper portion of the note. The denomination 'Gültig für Ein ½ Mark' is inscribed in Gothic letterpress to the left of the trunk, with the issuer name 'Gemeinde Trittau' and the title 'Gemeindevorsteher' accompanied by a manuscript signature to the right. A patriotic motto runs along the top border and a validity clause along the bottom, both in Gothic script within a ruled frame. |
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| Reverse description | A colourful multicolour landscape vignette occupies the centre, showing a wooded path through dense foliage with a fence visible in the middle distance, captioned 'Weinbusch' at lower centre. Ornate scroll cartouches in the upper field carry the 'Notgeld' title in Gothic lettering, while denomination tablets reading '1½ Mk.' appear at upper left and upper right. A salmon-red panel at the base bears the inscription 'für Trittau i/Holst.' in Gothic script, the whole enclosed within a decorative border with stylised floral corner elements. |
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Trittau is a small town in Holstein, east of Hamburg, and its 1½ Mark notgeld belongs to the inflationary surge of 1922, when German municipalities routinely issued fractional denominations that the Reichsbank could no longer supply in sufficient quantity. The 1½ Mark value is slightly awkward — a product of practical calculation rather than any monetary convention — suggesting it was calibrated to local wage or fare rounding rather than issued as part of a standardized municipal series.
The DeNG reference suffix .2-3 indicates at least two distinct variants, likely differentiated by color, date, or signature, which is common for small-town issues printed in short runs by regional stationers.