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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Thesdorf (Municipality of Thesdorf) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in brown, blue, and black on cream paper, with a bold Fraktur script headline reading 'Notgeld der Gemeinde' arching across the top. The denomination numeral '50' appears in a central blue vignette panel, flanked on either side by the split town name 'Thes-' and '-dorf' in large Gothic lettering, with a horizontal black band below carrying the inscription 'COM.AMTSBEZ. PINNEBERG'. The lower portion bears two manuscript signature fields for the finance committee and the community head, with a central validity notice text, and the printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF · HAMBURG 8' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde Thes-dorf COM.AMTSBEZ. PINNEBERG 50 Pfg. DER FINANZAUSSCHUSS: I. A.: DER COM. AMTSVORSTEHER: DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT 2 WOCHEN NACH AUFRUF IN DEM PINNEBERGER TAGEBLATT UND LOKSTEDTER ANZEIGER KONRAD HANF · HAMBURG 8 |
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Thesdorf is a small community in Schleswig-Holstein, and this note belongs to the vast Kleingeldersatz phenomenon of postwar Germany — the emergency small-change scrip issued by municipalities, savings banks, and local businesses when coin shortages made everyday commerce nearly impossible after 1918. Konrad Hanf was a Hamburg printer who produced Notgeld for numerous northern German localities during this period, working quickly and at volume.
The issuing municipality had a population small enough that these notes almost certainly circulated within a tight geographic radius before being redeemed and withdrawn — survival rates for minor commune Notgeld vary enormously, and Thesdorf issues attract specialist collectors precisely because the runs were small.