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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Husbyholz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and orange, the note carries a central vignette of a school building with children, framed by decorative border elements. The denomination "50 Pf" appears on each lateral margin, with a serial number at bottom centre. Issuer and validity inscriptions are arranged above and below the central vignette in a structured letterpress layout. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN DER GEMEINDE HUSBYHOLZ Schule 50Pf GÜLTIG Bis 31 DEZEMBER 1921 50Pf 1. JULI 1921. DER GEMEINDEVORSTAND: (signature) (Translation: VOUCHER OF THE COMMUNITY OF HUSBYHOLZ School 50Pf VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1921 50Pf JULY 1, 1921. THE COMMUNITY BOARD: (signature)) |
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Husbyholz is a small settlement in Schleswig, a region that had just passed through the 1920 plebiscite dividing the duchy between Denmark and Germany. This note was issued the following year, when the Reichsbank's chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage forced thousands of German municipalities — including the most obscure rural communities — to print their own emergency fractional currency. The issuing authority here is a Gemeinde, the lowest tier of German administrative unit, which gives some indication of how acute the coin shortage had become.
The DeNG reference places this among a documented series for the locality, suggesting at least limited systematic issue rather than a one-off improvisation.