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50 Pfennig Ost-Holsteinisches Tageblatt und Plöner Zeitung
| Issuer | Ost-Holsteinisches Tageblatt und Plöner Zeitung, Plön |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and ochre/gold on cream paper and centres on a large oval vignette, framed by a dotted border and ornamental scrollwork, presenting a landscape view of tall trees framing a lake scene, captioned 'Siebenstern' beneath the oval. The town name 'Plön' appears in a gold rectangular panel at the top, while bold numeral '50' in gold is set at each lower corner. A rectangular text cartouche at the lower centre contains a Low German verse referencing local landmarks including Plöner Schloss, Plöner See, Parnaß, Fluß-See, Bieberhöh, Fegetasch, and Plöner Aal. |
| Reverse lettering | Plön Siebenstern 50 50 Plöner Schloß und Plöner See, Parnaß, Fluß-See, Bieberhöh, Fegetasch un Plöner Aal; Dat gefalt noch alle mal. |
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German notgeld from the inflation years took many forms, but newspaper-issued scrip occupies a peculiar niche. The Ost-Holsteinisches Tageblatt und Plöner Zeitung was a regional daily serving the Plön district in Holstein, and like dozens of local publishers and merchants in 1920, it stepped into the gap left by a chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage — a problem that predated the hyperinflation proper and stemmed from wartime hoarding and metal requisitioning that had gutted circulating Kleingeld since 1916.
Newspaper issuers were generally short-lived participants in the notgeld phenomenon. Redemption obligations were loosely enforced, and many of these pieces circulated more as collectibles than currency almost immediately upon release.