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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Ellerbek (Com. Amtsbezirk Pinneberg) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress on white paper within a bold red rectangular border. A circular vignette at top centre contains a stylised oak tree rising from a mound. Denomination numerals '50' appear in Gothic script at all four corners alongside the abbreviation 'Pfg.', with the issuing authority text 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Ellerbek (Com. Amtsbezirk Pinneberg)' in the centre field, followed by a validity clause and two manuscript facsimile signatures below role designations. |
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| Reverse lettering | Friedenseiche Gedenkschein 50 |
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Ellerbek is a small settlement folded into the Pinneberg district of Schleswig-Holstein, and its 1921 notgeld issue is entirely characteristic of the hyper-local emergency currency that flooded northern Germany as the Reichsbank struggled to supply adequate small change during the postwar inflation spiral. Hundreds of Gemeinden at this level issued their own pfennig denominations, many commissioning regional designers whose work varied wildly in quality. The Schneider credit here likely refers to a local commercial designer rather than a nationally known engraver.
Paper notgeld at this denomination and from this period was typically redeemable for a limited window — often three to six months — after which unredeemed notes became worthless and were not always formally cancelled or destroyed, which accounts for their survival in quantity.