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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Kellinghusen (City of Kellinghusen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and ochre-yellow on cream paper, divided into three vertical panels within a ruled border. The left panel carries a vignette of a winged putto bearing a tall vase or urn, referencing the local Doktor Grauer's Fayance-Fabrik (faience manufactory), with the denomination '50' repeated at upper left. The central panel displays the large numeral '50' above the cursive inscription 'Pfennig', beneath which a four-line verse reads 'DIE LEUTE DENKEN IMMER / DIE ZEITEN WERDEN SCHLIMMER / DIE ZEITEN BLEIBEN IMMER / DIE LEUTE WERDEN SCHLIMMER', with a silhouette townscape of Kellinghusen along the lower register. The right panel contains a circular medallion with a laurel wreath enclosing the date '1800' below a crown, inscribed 'ANNO 1800', with 'DER STADT KELLINGHUSEN' at upper right; the designer's name W. VIEHMANN appears at lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and ochre-yellow on cream paper within a ruled border, with large ghost numerals '50' in ochre forming an underprint on the left and right flanks. The central vignette presents the heraldic coat of arms of Kellinghusen: a crenellated tower above a fortified gateway, with a sailing vessel on water in the lower half. The left text panel carries the redemption notice dated 'KELLINGHUSEN IM APRIL 1921', and the right panel states the note loses validity one month after public announcement in the 'Störboten', over the printed title 'DER MAGISTRAT' with a manuscript facsimile signature; the denomination 'FÜNFZIG PFENNIG' appears in bold block lettering along the lower border, with the printer's imprint below. |
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Kellinghusen is a small town in Schleswig-Holstein historically associated with its faience pottery industry, and the local Notgeld programs of 1920–1921 often leaned into that regional identity with notable self-consciousness. This note was printed locally by Joh. Streuber, a Kellinghusen firm — unusual in that many comparable municipalities contracted out to larger printers in Hamburg or Berlin rather than keeping production at home.
Designer W. Viehmann's credit appearing on a piece of municipal emergency currency is worth noting; named designers on Kleingeldscheine at this scale are far from universal.