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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Sonderburg (Sonderborg) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIESER SCHEIN WIRD BIS ZUM 1. JULI 1920 BEI ZAHLUNG AN DIE STADT-KASSE SONDERBURG ZUM WERTE VON 50 PFENNIG ANGENOMMEN. DENNE SEDDEL MODTAGES VED BETALING TIL SONDERBORG BYS KASSE TIL ENVÆRDI AF 50 PFENNIG INDTIL 1. JULI 1920. SONDERBURG, DEN 1. NOVEMBER 1919 DER MAGISTRAT MAGISTRATEN DAS STADTVERORDNETEN=KOLLEGIUM. BYRAADET 50 NR. 50 H.O. PERSIEHL HAMBURG. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 50 |
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Sonderburg — now Sønderborg — was transferred from Germany to Denmark in June 1920 following the Schleswig plebiscite, and this note sits squarely in that administrative no-man's-land. The city issued emergency Kleingeld during the transition period precisely because the currency question was unsettled: German marks were still in circulation but Danish krone were coming, and small change had effectively evaporated from commerce.
Notgeld issued by municipalities that changed hands at the plebiscite are a distinct collecting category. Sonderburg examples are among the more historically loaded, the city name itself suspended between two spellings depending on which side of the vote you were on.