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30 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreis Ballenstedt (District of Ballenstedt) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uncut sheet of four Notgeld coupons arranged in a two-by-two grid, each coupon bearing a central oval vignette with a sunflower-petal border surrounded by a decorative leafy corner motif on a dark ground. The two left coupons are denominated 10 Pfennig and the two right coupons 5 Pfennig, each inscribed 'Getrennt als [value] Pfg. gültig' and 'Kreis Ballenstedt' in Gothic script. A large central sunflower vignette bearing '30 Pfg.' unifies the sheet, with the horizontal band reading 'Ballenstedt d. 22.8.21.' and 'der Kreisausschuss' accompanied by a manuscript signature, and the printer imprint 'Louis Koch Halberstadt' and designer credit 'W. Dockhorn' at the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis Ballenstedt Getrennt als 10 Pfg. gültig Getrennt als 5 Pfg. gültig 30 Pfg. Ballenstedt d. 22.8.21. Gültig bis 4 Wochen nach Aufkündigung der Kreisausschuss LOUIS KOCH HALBERSTADT W. Dockhorn |
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Ballenstedt is a small town in the Harz foothills, seat of the former Duchy of Anhalt-Bernburg, and in 1921 its district administration was issuing notgeld like hundreds of other German municipalities scrambling to fill the small-denomination coin shortage that postwar inflation and metal hoarding had created. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer responsible for a number of these local emergency issues across the Harz area, and W. Dockhorn's designer credit suggests the district made at least some effort at a commissioned rather than purely utilitarian production.
The DeNG reference places this within the 1921 Ballenstedt series, subdivision 0060.1a through the 2/6 variant — indicating multiple known printings or color states within the run.