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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreisausschüsse Norderdithmarschen und Süderdithmarschen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in two tones — a warm tan underprint with dark blue-black line work — and is framed by a thin rectangular border. A central vignette by the artist N. Bachmann illustrates the historic Dithmarschen monument (Busendüvelswarf), a large glacial boulder set atop a rusticated stone plinth, rendered in fine hatched line engraving against a clouded sky; the inscription '13 Februar 1500–1900' appears on the stone. Circular seals of the Kreisausschuss Norderdithmarschen and Süderdithmarschen flank the vignette at upper left and right, and the lower panel carries the legend 'Gutschein für Norder u. Süder-Dithmarschen' in bold Fraktur, with denomination numerals '20' at each corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Nicht vlegen sondern stuen Dat is in Golt gedan 13 Februar 1500–1900 Gutschein für Norder u. Süder-Dithmarschen 20 Busendüvelswarf KREISAUSSCHUSS DES KREISES NORDERDITHMARSCHEN KREISAUSSCHUSS DES KREISES SÜDERDITHMARSCHEN J. C. KÖNIG & EBHARDT IN HANNOVER |
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Dithmarschen — the marshy coastal district on the western Schleswig-Holstein coast — had a long tradition of stubborn administrative independence, and this joint issue between the Norderdithmarschen and Süderdithmarschen district committees is one of the more unusual cooperative Notgeld emissions of the postwar period. Most Notgeld came from municipalities or individual chambers of commerce; a dual-county issuing authority was an uncommon arrangement, reflecting the particular administrative geography of the region rather than any monetary improvisation.
J. C. König & Ebhardt, the Hannover printer, was one of the more prolific Notgeld printers of 1919–1921, handling output for dozens of regional issuers across northern Germany as the small-change shortage bit hard following demobilization.