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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeinde Hasloh (Municipality of Hasloh, Amt Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Dark-printed letterpress Notgeld note with a bold geometric Art Deco border of radiating zigzag and striped triangular forms framing the central design. A large diamond-shaped vignette at centre bears the denomination numeral '50 Pf' in ornate script, flanked by two small circular rosette ornaments at left and right. Below the central vignette appear two signature lines with printed role designations 'Der Finanzausschuß' and 'Der com. Amtsvorsteher', beneath which manuscript signatures appear; the serial number is stamped in red ink at bottom centre, and the printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF · HAMBURG 8' appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER GEMEINDE HASLOH COM AMTSBEZIRK PINNEBERG DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT ZWEI WOCHEN NACH AUFRUF IM PINNEBERGER TAGEBLATT U. LOCKSTEDTER ANZEIGER 50 Pf Der Finanzausschuß Der com. Amtsvorsteher KONRAD HANF · HAMBURG 8 |
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Hasloh is a small village north of Hamburg — in 1921 it had roughly a few hundred inhabitants — which makes this Notgeld issue a curiosity of scale. The postwar inflation emergency that drove German municipalities to print their own small-denomination scrip reached even the most minor administrative units, and Hasloh's Amt Pinneberg affiliation meant it had just enough institutional standing to commission a printer rather than issue handwritten vouchers.
Konrad Hanf was a Hamburg commercial printer with no particular numismatic specialization; Hasloh was likely one of dozens of small Schleswig-Holstein communities he serviced during the 1920–1922 Notgeld wave.