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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeindevertretung Keitum auf Sylt (Municipality of Keitum on Sylt) |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN KEITUM a SYLT Dieser Schein wird nach dem 31. Oktober 1921 nicht mehr eingelöst. Die Gemeindevertretung. Lorenz Hoffmann |
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| Reverse lettering | Tänk bi di Begenn uck alldert om di Jenn. Gutschein Keitum a Sylt EDLER & KRISCHE, HANNOVER |
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Keitum is one of the oldest settlements on Sylt, and its municipal authority issuing its own emergency currency — Notgeld — places this note firmly in the post-WWI economic chaos that pushed thousands of German towns and villages into printing their own fractional notes between 1918 and 1922. Edler & Krische in Hanover were prolific Notgeld printers, responsible for a significant portion of the municipal issues from Lower Saxony and beyond during this period.
The designer credit to Holtz is the kind of detail that separates a serious collection from a casual one — many Notgeld issues went uncredited entirely. Lorenz Hoffmann's signature as municipal signatory confirms local administrative authorization rather than a bank-backed instrument.