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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Halstenbek |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned Notgeld note printed on paper with a bold red rectangular border. The issuing authority is identified by the legend 'Notgeld der Gemeinde HALSTENBEK' in large decorative type at the top, with the administrative designation '(Com. Amtsbezirk Pinneberg)' below. A central circular vignette bears a stylised tree motif flanked on either side by the denomination '(50) Pfg.' in bold letterpress; two manuscript signatures appear at the foot, attributed to the Com.-Amtsvorsteher and the Finanzausschuss respectively, with the printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF. HAMBURG 8.' along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde HALSTENBEK (COM. AMTSBEZIRK PINNEBERG) (50) Pfg. (50) Pfg. Dieser Schein verliert 2 Wochen nach Aufruf im Pinneberger Tagblatt u. Lockstedter Anzeiger seine Gültigkeit DER COM. AMTSVORSTEHER: DER FINANZAUSSCHUSS: i.A. KONRAD HANF. HAMBURG 8. |
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Halstenbek is a small municipality in Holstein, northwest of Hamburg, and this Notgeld issue reflects the acute small-change shortage that hit German communities hard between 1917 and 1922. Municipal and commercial issuers filled the gap left by hoarded metal coinage, flooding the country with locally printed emergency fractional notes — by some counts, tens of thousands of distinct types. Konrad Hanf was a Hamburg printing firm that served a number of these small northern German issuers during the period.
The 50 Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly issued values, needed for everyday transactions that larger denominations couldn't cover.