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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Seeth (Municipality of Seeth in Nordfriesland) |
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| Printer | Gebh. & Kunze, Flensburg, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | GEMEINDE SEETH 50 50 DÜSSE SCHIEN VER-LEERT SIEN GELTUNG 30. APRIL 1922 DÜSSE SCHIEN KANN INLÖST WARDEN BI UNS GEMEENDEKASS DE GEMEENDEVORST. FÖFTI PENN GEBH. & KUNZE FLENSBURG ENTW.: INGWER PAULSEN U. HANS PHILIPP |
| Reverse description | Printed on the same pink paper stock, the reverse is enclosed within a dotted outer border and presents a central vignette of a tall bell tower or pole surmounted by a bell, around which two groups of armed peasant figures march from either side — an allusion to the historical Stapelholm farmers' resistance. The full text of a Low German verse poem titled 'DE OLE STAPELHOLMER BUERNKLOCK' (The Old Stapelholm Farmers' Bell) by Franzen fills the upper portion of the design in bold block letterpress. Large red overprinted numerals '50' and 'PF' appear at the lower left and right corners respectively. |
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Seeth is a village in Nordfriesland with a population that has rarely exceeded a few hundred — an almost absurdly small issuing authority for emergency currency. This note is part of the broader Notgeld wave that swept Germany from 1918 onward, when chronic coin shortages forced municipalities of every size to print their own small-denomination scrip. Gebh. & Kunze in Flensburg handled a significant volume of regional Schleswig-Holstein Notgeld issues during this period.
Ingwer Paulsen was a locally significant Frisian painter, which likely explains the artistic ambition in some of these small-town issues. His involvement gives the Seeth series a different standing from purely utilitarian municipal scrip.