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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hasloh (Municipality of Hasloh) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Bold expressionist Notgeld design printed in black on pale paper, with a striking geometric underprint of diagonal zigzag and chevron bands radiating from a central diamond-shaped vignette enclosing the denomination '25 Pf' in large calligraphic script. Rosette ornaments flank the central diamond at left and right, while a spiralling text band runs around the interior border bearing the validity clause. At lower centre, two manuscript signature lines appear above the printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF · HAMBURG 8', with the issuing authority inscribed at upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the same bold diagonal lattice underprint in dark brown-black, with a central diamond frame enclosing a figural Art Nouveau-style vignette of standing and seated figures in a domestic or theatrical scene. The denomination '25 Pf' appears in large script at the right of the vignette. Below the central device, a three-line German quotation is set in block capitals, attributed to 'GOETHE FAUST II' in smaller lettering beneath. |
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Hasloh is a small village north of Hamburg — its population during the Weimar-era notgeld period was measured in the hundreds. That a municipality this size issued its own emergency small-change notes is less surprising than it sounds: the 1920–1921 notgeld wave was driven largely by the chronic shortage of low-denomination coinage, and thousands of German parishes, however minor, stepped in to fill the gap. Konrad Hanf was a Hamburg-based printer who handled notgeld commissions for numerous Schleswig-Holstein communities during this period.