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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Suchsdorf, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central rectangular vignette with a yellow-ochre ground, illustrating the 1864 military scene at the Eider Canal swing bridge near Levensau, with Danish troops bearing their national flag retreating before advancing Prussian soldiers in spiked helmets. The denomination "50" and abbreviation "PF" appear in the upper corners within the light blue header band bearing the bold serif inscription "NOTGELD SUCHSDORF", while decorative geometric diamond-pattern borders in dark red and navy frame both sides. A lower panel in pale blue carries the validity inscription and the manuscript signature of the Gemeindevorsteher. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD 50 SUCHSDORF Hochbrücke bei Leversau 50 PF. No |
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Suchsdorf was a small village north of Kiel, and like hundreds of similarly modest German municipalities in 1921, it issued notgeld not out of genuine monetary necessity but largely to satisfy the voracious collector market that had emerged by that point. The kleingeldersatz crisis was largely resolved by 1921; these late-series municipal notes functioned more as funded souvenirs than emergency currency, with many issues printed in deliberate excess and sold directly to collectors at face value.
Schleswig-Holstein notgeld from this period frequently carried regional imagery tied to the ongoing plebiscite tensions following the 1920 Schleswig votes — worth checking whether this issue reflects that political moment.