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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Plön, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Plön 50 Pfennig PLÖNER STADTWAPPEN Verfalltag 4 Wochen nach öffentlicher Bekanntmachung Der Magistrat - Ausgabe 1921 Das Stadtverordnetenkollegium - (Translation: Voucher of the city of Plön 50 pfennigs PLÖNER CITY COAT OF ARMS Expiration date 4 weeks after public announcement The Magistrate - Issue 1921 The City Council College -) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 PFG. Gutschein der Stadt Plön 4 Krutos Hausfrau, Slavinia, ihres bösen Mannes überdrüssig, fordert Heinrich auf, Kruto umzubringen und sie zu ehelichen. Der Wendenkrieg in Plön 1074 - 1139 (Translation: 50 pfennigs Voucher of the city of Plön 4 Kruto's housewife, Slavinia, weary of her evil husband, asks Henry to kill Kruto and marry her. The Slavs War in Plön 1074 - 1139) |
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Plön, a small lakeside town in Holstein, was among hundreds of German municipalities that issued their own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the inflationary chaos of the early 1920s. These local issues filled a genuine void: the Reichsbank could not produce small-denomination coins fast enough to meet demand, and communities were effectively left to fend for themselves. Plön's town council authorized this series through the municipal treasury rather than a local savings bank, which was slightly less common at the district level.
The watermarked paper is worth noting — many comparable municipal issues skipped security features entirely, making their use here an atypical expenditure for what was always understood to be a temporary instrument.