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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Schleswig (City of Schleswig) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | KRIEGSNOTGELD · DER · STADT · SCHLESWIG FÜNFZIG PFENNIG PFENNIG Nr. 013886 NAMENS · DER · STADT · SCHLESWIG BÜRGERMEISTER · BEIGEORDNETER · STADTV.·VORST. · STELLV.-STADTV.·VORST. DIESER · SCHEIN · WIRD · AN · ALLEN · STÄDTISCHEN · KASSEN · JEDERZEIT · IN · ZAHLUNG · GENOMMEN |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central oval vignette executed in dark woodcut-style letterpress, presenting a panoramic view of Schloss Gottorf reflected in the waters of the Schlei, surrounded by trees and open sky. The denomination '50 PFENNIG' appears in decorative Gothic script panels at the left and right margins, with patriotic motto text arranged along all four borders. The year '1920' is incorporated into the upper border inscription alongside the issuer designation, and a validity notice appears in a separate panel at the base of the note. |
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Schleswig's status as a contested city gives this note an awkward political birth. It was issued in 1920, the same year the Schleswig Plebiscites divided the region between Germany and Denmark — Zone 1 voted in February, Zone 2 in March. The city of Schleswig itself fell into Zone 2 and remained German, but the timing meant local Notgeld was being printed and circulated while the population was literally voting on which country they belonged to.
Notgeld of this type was driven by the acute small-change shortage that followed the First World War, not by any local financial crisis specific to Schleswig. The Grabowski and Verbücheln references place this within the standard municipal emissions of 1920, catalogued under the Schleswig city issues rather than the surrounding Kreis.