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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Kölln-Reisiek (Municipality of Kölln-Reisiek) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue and black on cream paper, with bold geometric Art Deco border panels of interlocking diamond and chevron motifs flanking a central vignette of a radiant sun disc surrounded by a crescent moon and scattered stars against a beige underprint. A text panel at the top carries the issuing authority inscription and validity date, with two handwritten signatures below. The denomination numeral "50" appears in blue at both upper corners, and the issuer name is set in large blue letterpress text along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and black on cream paper, with the same bold geometric Art Deco side borders of interlocking diamond and chevron patterns. The central field is divided into two framed vignettes: at left, two nude infant figures stand hand-in-hand above the inscription "MAI", and at right a stylised crayfish or lobster motif appears beside the inscription "JUNI", referencing the zodiacal signs Gemini and Cancer. The denomination numeral "50" is repeated in blue at both upper corners, and the issuer name runs in large letterpress text along the lower margin. |
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Kölln-Reisiek is a small village in Schleswig-Holstein, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 places this squarely in the second wave of German emergency currency — by that point no longer driven by coin shortages alone, but increasingly by municipal finances strained beyond recovery. Konrad Hanf of Hamburg handled a substantial volume of small-denomination notgeld for northern German communities during this period, working to tight deadlines and tight budgets.
The reference suffix "1a-3/6" suggests this belongs to a numbered series of at least six variants, a common collector-oriented practice by 1921 that blurred the line between genuine emergency tender and philatelic product.