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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Rödding (Municipality of Rödding) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Artistically designed reverse in teal-green and salmon on paper, dominated by a large semicircular arch bearing the place name 'RØDDING' in white capital letters on a dark ground, flanked by bold white denomination numerals '50' at each upper corner set against teal foliate and floral scrollwork. Within the arch, a detailed line-engraved vignette presents a rural townscape with bare winter trees and low buildings, a Danish flag on a tall mast at centre, and a red caption 'Nordens første Folkehøjskole' below the scene. The lower register is framed by a simulated brick border enclosing the bold black legend 'NU FOR DANMARK ER FORAARETS TID!', with a small monogram 'AB' at the lower right corner. |
| Reverse lettering | RØDDING 50 Nordens første Folkehøjskole NU FOR DANMARK ER FORAARETS TID! |
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Rödding — known in Danish as Rødding — sits in the former Schleswig plebiscite zone. The February 1920 vote returned the area to Denmark, and by June of that year the border was redrawn. This note was issued during that exact interregnum: German administration was winding down, Danish sovereignty had not yet fully taken hold, and small-denomination coinage had largely vanished from circulation across the region.
Like hundreds of other German municipalities in 1919–1920, Rödding resorted to Notgeld to fill the gap. The political timing here is unusually tight — this community was weeks away from ceasing to be German when the note was printed.