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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hallig Oland (Municipality of Hallig Oland) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 May 1922 |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Hallig Oland zahlt für diesen Schein 50 Pfg. für die Dauer seiner Gültigkeit, welche mit dem 1. Mai 1922 erlischt. Hallig Oland, den 22. August 1921. Der Gemeindevorsteher: 50 PF. |
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| Reverse lettering | Minn Eilöhn iss mien Huss, Minn Waag is Skapp to See. Dirr stöhnt die Röösestruns, Die ich ön Wohl ek see. 50 PF. |
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Hallig Oland is one of the smallest permanently inhabited islands in the North Frisian chain — an exposed tidal flat with a population that rarely exceeded a few dozen. That a municipality this size issued its own emergency currency in 1921 is a direct consequence of the Weimar-era Notgeld phenomenon, when the postwar coin shortage pushed even the most remote German communities into printing their own small-denomination scrip.
The DeNG reference distinguishes two variants (1013.1 and 1013.2), suggesting at least minor printing differences exist between surviving examples — worth examining closely if more than one specimen comes to hand. Eduard Pansen's single signature as issuing authority reflects the minimal administrative apparatus of a community this size.