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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Flensburg (Notgeld) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Flensburg über Fünfzig Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung des Magistrats in den Flensburger Zeitungen zur Einlösung bei der Stadthaupt-Kasse in Flensburg oder den in der Bekanntmachung genannten Banken vorgelegt wird. Flensburg, den 1. August 1919 Der Magistrat Das Stadtverordneten-Kollegium No 43655 |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 Pfennig 50 Pfennig Holtz |
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| Comments |
Flensburg in 1919 was not an ordinary German city. It sat at the center of the Schleswig plebiscite question — the postwar referendum process that would eventually, in March 1920, split the duchy between Germany and Denmark. The political uncertainty was intense enough that local commerce could not wait on Berlin for small-change relief, hence this note.
Gebh. & Kunze were a local Flensburg firm, which was uncommon — most Notgeld issuers sent work to Leipzig or Berlin printers. The designer Holtz is presumably local as well, though no wider attribution has been established.