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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschüsse der Kreise Norderdithmarschen und Süderdithmarschen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Reference(s) | Gra#N54.3a |
| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note printed on plain paper, with the central denomination panel bearing the text ZWANZIG PFENNIG set within an ornate guilloche border. The heading reads GUTSCHEIN der Kreise Norder- u. Süder-Dithmarschen, flanked at upper left and upper right by two circular seals each bearing a German imperial eagle and the respective district name. The numeral 20 appears at lower left and lower right corners, and two facsimile signatures of the Kreisausschuss chairmen are printed below the legend Die Vorsitzenden der Kreisausschüsse. |
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| Reverse description | Brown letterpress reverse on plain paper, with a simple ruled rectangular border. The serial number, prefixed Nr., is typeset in black at the top centre between the numeral 20 repeated at upper corners. A block of German text sets out the redemption conditions, concluding with the bold legend bei sämtlichen Kassen der Westholsteinischen Bank. The printer's imprint J. C. König & Ebhardt in Hannover appears at the foot of the note. |
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The two Dithmarschen Kreise — Norderdithmarschen and Süderdithmarschen — issued this note jointly, which was unusual even by the chaotic standards of German Notgeld. Most district-level emergency currency came from a single administrative body; a co-issued piece across two distinct Kreise required coordinated authorization and shared liability, something local governments were generally reluctant to arrange.
J. C. König & Ebhardt of Hannover were primarily a commercial printer and stationery house, not a specialist banknote firm — their involvement reflects the scramble for any capable press during the wartime paper money explosion of 1918.