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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Mölln, City of |
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| Size | 87 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into two dark vignette panels set against a light ground within a dotted border. The left panel bears the municipal arms of Mölln — a red shield charged with a wheel, surmounted by a helm and surrounded by ornate foliate scrollwork. The right panel presents the denomination numeral '50' above the inscription 'Pfennig' rendered in decorative Gothic script. Below the panels, two lines of text state the redemption conditions and validity date, followed by two manuscript signature lines beneath the printed authority designations of 'Der Magistrat' and 'Das Stadtverordnetenkollegium'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a vignette of Till Eulenspiegel, the legendary medieval folk trickster closely associated with the town of Mölln, rendered in a period illustrative style. The central image is surrounded by a text panel bearing an inscription in Gothic blackletter script referencing Eulenspiegel's life and burial in Mölln. |
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Mölln — a small town in Holstein, now Schleswig-Holstein — issued emergency paper money (Notgeld) during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany from around 1917 onward. Municipal and commercial issuers at every level stepped in to fill the gap left by hoarded metal coinage, and Mölln was among hundreds of towns producing their own small-denomination scrip. The M45.1b designation suggests a second variety within the first type, likely a paper stock or color variant — these minor distinctions matter to completists working the Holstein regional series.