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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeinde Esingen (Com. Amtsbezirk Pinneberg, Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE ESINGEN 50 50 Pf Pf DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT 2 WOCHEN NACH AUFRUF IM PINNERBERGER TAGEBLATT UND LOCKSTEDTERANZEIGER SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT DER FINANZAUSSCHUSS I·A COM. AMTSBEZIRK PINNEBERG DER COM. AMTSVORSTENER KONRAD HANF HAMBURG S. |
| Reverse description | Central rectangular vignette illustrating a woman in traditional Frisian costume (Friesische Trachten), rendered in a light outline lithographic style against a stippled background suggestive of a townscape. The vignette is framed by bold chevron-patterned side panels in black, with denomination boxes bearing '50 PFENNIG' in plain frames at lower left and right. The issuer legend 'NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE ESINGEN' is set in large block capitals along the bottom, and the caption 'FRIESISCHE TRACHTEN' appears at the top above the central vignette. |
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Esingen is a small agricultural settlement — parish-level, essentially — in the Amt Pinneberg, and its decision to issue notgeld in 1921 places it among the thousands of German municipalities that entered the emergency currency market well after the acute postwar shortages had eased. By 1921, notgeld issuance had become partly speculative, aimed as much at collectors as at covering a genuine coin shortage. Konrad Hanf in Hamburg handled small municipal contracts throughout the region, a workhorse printer with no particular prestige but reliable output for this class of issue.
The DeNG 2 reference covering three variants (353.1–3) within a single type suggests minor differences in serial numbering or overprint detail rather than distinct design changes.