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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Bordelum, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE Bordelum IN NORDFRIESLAND LEWWER DÜAD ÜS SLAAV! 50 PF. EINLÖSBAR BEI DER GEMEINDEKASSE DER GEMEINDEVORSTEHER: UNGÜLTIG AM 31.III.1922 ENTW.: INGWER PAULSEN U. U. HANS J. PHILIPP |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in warm red and olive tones, with a central vignette of a traditional North Frisian thatched farmhouse set against shrubbery and a lawn. The denomination '50 Pf' appears in large red script at the upper left, flanked by stylised floral plant motifs forming a decorative border on both sides. A North Frisian dialect motto is inscribed in the upper right, and the value 'Föfti Pennins' is rendered in ornate Gothic script along the lower margin. |
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Bordelum is a small parish in Nordfriesland, and this 1921 Notgeld issue is notable for its collaboration between Ingwer Paulsen — a regionally significant painter and graphic artist from the area — and Hans J. Philipp. Paulsen's involvement in local Notgeld design was not unusual; the early 1920s German emergency money boom attracted genuine artistic talent as municipalities competed to produce collectable issues, and Nordfriesland produced some of the more distinctive provincial designs of the period.
Gebr. & Kunze in Flensburg handled a substantial volume of North Schleswig and Nordfriesland Notgeld printing during this period, making them the natural choice for a municipality of Bordelum's modest size.