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30 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Stedesand (Municipality of Stedesand) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Ochre-toned Notgeld note with a double-rule border enclosing a central vignette, signed by the artist A. Eckener, illustrating a rural market scene with farmers, carts, and livestock rendered in a loose sketched style. The denomination oval reading '30 PFENNIG' is positioned at the top centre between the legend 'NOTGELD' to the left and 'STEDESAND' to the right in bold block lettering. Below the vignette, a handwritten-style inscription gives the validity clause and the date 'Stedesand den 10. Okt. 1920', followed by the Gemeindevorsteher's manuscript signature; the printer's imprint 'Gebh & Kunze, Flensburg' appears at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown and ochre, with a bold circular central cartouche bearing the inscriptions 'NOTGELD' at the top arc and 'STEDESAND' at the bottom arc, enclosing a Low German verse text on a light ochre panel. Flanking the central circle on both sides are tall ornamental vertical panels filled with stylised floral and crab motifs in a Jugendstil manner, with the numeral '30' repeated in the upper and lower corners. The serial number prefixed 'No' appears in large ornamental numerals along the bottom margin, accompanied by a small decorative rosette. |
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Stedesand is a village in the Schleswig region — an area whose political status in 1920 was genuinely unresolved. The plebiscite dividing Schleswig between Germany and Denmark took place that same year, with Zone I (around Flensburg) voting to remain German in March. This 30 Pfennig note was issued into that precise moment of uncertainty, when municipal finances were strained and small-denomination Reichsmark coinage had effectively vanished from circulation due to wartime hoarding and post-war economic disruption.
Gebh. & Kunze printed a considerable volume of Notgeld for Schleswig municipalities during this period. Their Flensburg address placed them squarely inside the contested zone.