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50 Pfennig Allgemeine Spar- und Leihkasse der Insel Sylt
| Issuer | Allgemeine Spar- und Leihkasse der Insel Sylt, Keitum |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pfg Pfg 50 Föstig Johr Söltring Sparkas 1872 1922 Jer rolled wü dit Gulsjiltöhop Nü staple wü me Popierserels BUCHDRUCKEREI CARL MEYER, WESTERLAND-SYLT. |
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| Protection description | small flames (Flämmchen) in the paper |
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Sylt's Allgemeine Spar- und Leihkasse issued this note during the early Weimar inflation emergency, when municipal and cooperative bodies across Germany stepped in to fill the void left by a chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. The printer, Buchdruckerei Carl Meyer, was a local Westerland operation — Notgeld of this kind was typically designed and produced close to home, with security features modest by national standards. The watermark here is notable given the scale of the issuer; most Sylt Notgeld from this period dispensed with such measures entirely.