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40 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stedesand, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1259.1a-2/6 |
| Obverse description | The obverse presents a letterpress-printed folk scene within a decorative border, showing two figures — a seated older man and a standing youth holding a newspaper — set against a brick archway rendered in a woodcut-style vignette. The denomination VIERZIG PFENNIG appears in bold Gothic lettering in the upper and lower panels, with four lines of rhyming Frisian patriotic verse inscribed above and below the central image. The lower portion carries the validity notice, place name Stedesand, date of 10 October 1920, and a manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorsteher (head of the municipality). |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Stedesand is a village in the Schleswig borderland, and this note dates from the plebiscite period — the months surrounding the February 1920 vote that would determine whether northern Schleswig returned to Denmark or remained German. Notgeld issued by tiny municipalities in this zone carried an unmistakable political charge; the choice of imagery, language, and even typeface could signal allegiance. Whether Thayzen's design reflects that tension deliberately is unclear, but the timing was not accidental.
Gebr. & Kunze of Flensburg — a city itself divided by the same vote — printed extensively for local Schleswig Notgeld issuers during this window.