50 Pfennig

Broacker — a small municipality on the Schlei Fjord in Schleswig — issued this note during the wave of Kleingeldersatz (small change substitute) production that swept northern Germany in 1919, when coin metal remained scarce following wartime requisitioning and post-armistice economic disruption. Hundreds of municipalities issued their own Notgeld in this period, but Schleswig-region pieces carry an additional layer of significance: the plebiscite over Danish-German border placement was pending, and local identity was politically charged.

The municipality itself was a genuinely tiny issuing authority, which kept print runs low. That limited distribution is why Broacker Notgeld turns up far less frequently than comparable issues from larger Schleswig towns.