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50 Pfennig - Preetz
| Issuer | Preetzer Spar- und Leihkasse (Preetz Savings and Loan Bank) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised circular border, a local architectural scene depicting a stone archway or gate structure set amid stylized foliage and rocky terrain, with a bird in flight above. The date 1917 appears in the lower portion of the inner field. The peripheral legend PREETZER SPAR- UND LEIHKASSE runs around the circumference, with a small six-pointed star ornament at the base. A dotted border follows the octagonal edge of the flan. |
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| Reverse description | The large numeral 50 dominates the central field, enclosed within a rope or twisted-cord inner border. The legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) curves around the upper periphery. Two small six-pointed stars flank the lower portion of the inner border. A dotted border follows the octagonal perimeter of the flan, consistent with the wartime Notgeld style. |
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Issued by a small regional savings institution in Schleswig-Holstein, this zinc notgeld piece emerged from the acute metal shortages of 1917, when the German war economy had long since redirected copper and nickel toward shell casings and military hardware. Municipal banks, cooperatives, and even private businesses were permitted — and in many cases effectively forced — to produce their own emergency coinage to keep local commerce functioning.
Preetz was a modest market town, and the Spar- und Leihkasse's issue circulated within a tight geographic radius.