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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Süderbrarup (Municipality of Süderbrarup) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed on a grey and orange guilloche underprint with a decorative border of interlocking rosette patterns. At centre, an oval orange vignette presents a regional map of the Schleswig area, with place names including Warnitz, Raurup, Augusta, Gravenstein, Düppel, Sonderburg, and Broacker marked by dots. The denomination '50 PF.' appears in circular cartouches at left and right, and a ribbon banner at the foot carries the issuer name 'GEMEINDE SÜDERBRARUP', above three handwritten signatures with the printed designations 'SÜDERBRARUP' and 'GEMEINDEVORSTAND'. |
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| Reverse lettering | WIR WOLLEN KEINE DÄNEN SEIN WIR WOLLEN DEUTSCHE BLEIBEN GÜLTIG BIS ZUR EINMONATLICHEN KÜNDIGUNG IN DER SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEINISCHEN LANDPOST SÜDERBRARUP No 06047 |
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Süderbrarup is a small market town in Schleswig-Holstein, a region whose political status was itself unresolved in 1920 — the Schleswig plebiscites of February and March that year were determining whether the territory would remain German or transfer to Denmark. This 50 Pfennig Notgeld was issued directly into that uncertainty, as the post-war coin shortage and rampant inflation had made small-denomination federal currency effectively unusable in day-to-day local trade.
Municipal Notgeld from towns of this size was typically printed in short runs by regional printers and redeemed within months, which is precisely why intact examples survive in greater numbers than their original circulation might suggest — collectors were actively acquiring them even at the time of issue.