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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Municipality of Wittdün (Nordsee-Bad Wittdün) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#1441.1 |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE NORDSEE-BAD WITTDÜN 50 Pfennig Dem. Vorsteher Stellnt. Dem. Vorst. verordneter Dieser Schein verliert Seine Gültigkeit 4 Wochen nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung im Amrunner Anzeiger |
| Reverse description | The reverse is plain, with no decorative vignette or additional design elements, consistent with the simple letterpress production typical of German Notgeld emergency issues of this period. |
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Wittdün is the only settlement on the North Frisian island of Amrum, and its 1921 Notgeld issue belongs to the broader wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany during the coin shortage years following the First World War. Small resort towns along the Schleswig-Holstein coast were among the most enthusiastic issuers — partly from necessity, partly because the collector market for pictorial Notgeld had become a genuine revenue stream by 1921, with municipalities printing far more notes than local commerce required.
The DeNG 1/2 reference places this within the second catalog volume covering this period, suggesting a mid-series listing among the thousands of small-issuer types documented.