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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeinde Heede (Amtsbezirk Hemdingen), Schleswig-Holstein |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issue printed in brown and blue on plain paper, enclosed within a decorative geometric border of interlocking triangular and dot motifs in the Art Deco style. The large numeral '50' occupies the centre field, flanked on each side by the abbreviation 'PF.' and stylised arrow devices with six-pointed star ornaments at the corners. The issuing authority inscription appears at the top, with the expiry date, serial number in red, and two manuscript signatures of the Amtsausschuss and the Amtsvorsteher at the lower portion; the printer's imprint 'Konrad Hanf, Hamburg 8.' is typeset at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | · HOFFE WENIG · UND WIRKE VIEL - DAS IST DER KÜRZE= STE WEG ZUM ZIEL |
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Heede was a small rural commune in the Amt Hemdingen district, and like hundreds of similar communities across Weimar Germany, it resorted to issuing its own Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that persisted well into the early 1920s. The printer, Konrad Hanf of Hamburg, handled a considerable volume of these local emergency issues from northern German municipalities — a practical choice for communities close enough to Hamburg to manage the commission without dealing with the larger specialist firms.
Schleswig-Holstein Notgeld from communes of this size tends to survive in relatively high quantities, as collectors were actively absorbing these issues almost from the moment of printing.