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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Borstel (Pinneberg), Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 Pfennig Notgeld der Gemeinde BORSTEL (COM. AMTSBEZIRK PINNEBERG) Dieser Schein verliert 2 Wochen nach Aufruf im Pinneberger Tagblatt u. Lockstedter Anzeiger seine Gültigkeit. DER COM. AMTSVORSTEHER: DER FINANZAUSSCHUSS: (Translation: This note loses its validity 2 weeks after announcement in the Pinneberger Tagblatt and Lockstedter Anzeiger. The Community Administrator: The Finance Committee:) |
| Reverse description | A stylised illustration of a traditional Lower Saxon farmhouse kitchen interior, rendered in warm earth tones of red, ochre, and brown, set within a bold black-bordered frame. The scene shows hanging pots, ceramic vessels, and kitchen implements arranged on shelves and walls, conveying a folk-art aesthetic typical of Notgeld pictorial design. The denomination '25 Pfg.' appears in gold on red diamond panels at left and right, with the legend 'Niedersächsische Bauernküche' inscribed in Gothic script along the lower margin; two gold stars flank the upper corners. |
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Borstel was a small rural commune in the Pinneberg district of Holstein, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 reflects how deep the small-denomination coin shortage had penetrated even minor administrative units by that point. The Reich's nickel and copper coinage had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply worn out — leaving municipalities of every scale scrambling to fill the gap with locally printed paper.
The DeNG reference places this within the second notgeld wave, by which point many issues had become semi-collectible on issue, printed in intentional series to attract the booming collector trade rather than serve any genuine transactional need.