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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Amtsbezirk Koberg (District Office of Koberg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 20 Pfennigs (20 Pfennige) (0.20) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and ochre-yellow on white paper, with a bold sawtooth border in black and orange framing the entire note. The denomination '20' is rendered in large decorative numerals at the top center, with the word 'GÜLTIG IM' on a ribbon and 'AMTSBEZIRK KOBERG' in a bold black banner beneath. The central field contains a decorative scroll cartouche enclosing a lengthy Latin text excerpt attributed to Adam von Bremen, describing the Limes Saxoniae boundary; the designer's credit 'P.H. Keller · Dresden' appears to the upper right of the scroll, and the issuing authority signature block 'DER AMTSAUSSCHUSS:' with two manuscript signatures appears at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD AMTSBEZIRK KOBERG 20 PFENNIG Eichede Steinburg Sandesneben Franzburg Wenforf Schlossberg Sirksfelde Wallberg Linau Koberg Silkenburg Mölln Trittau Bille (Billenspring) Borstorf Breitenfelde Hornbeck Kuddewörde Basthorst Kasseburg Friedrichsruhe Lanken Delvenau Stecknitz LIMES SAXONIAE SÜDLICHER TEIL |
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Koberg is a small rural commune in Holstein, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 places this squarely in the second wave of German emergency money — the period when inflationary pressure had pushed small-denomination coinage almost entirely out of everyday use, and even minor administrative districts felt compelled to plug the gap. The Amtsbezirk here is a low-level rural office, not a municipality with any monetary tradition, which makes the commissioning of a professional designer from Dresden and a specialist printer in Glogau a slightly incongruous arrangement for such a modest issuer.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott were active notgeld producers during this period, handling commissions from dozens of small German issuers simultaneously. P. H. Keller's Dresden credit suggests the artwork was commissioned independently before being sent to press.