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50 Pfennigs Franz Maedicke's Hotel
| Issuer | Franz Maedicke's Hotel, Kiel (Notgeld issuer, Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 106 × 71 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange-brown and grey-green tones, centred on a detailed line-engraved vignette of the Franz Maedicke's Hôtel facade — a multi-storey brick building with a stepped gable — framed by an arched banner carrying the denomination legend. Two flanking cartouches in orange with ribbon scrolls bear the inscriptions 'SPECIALHAUS FÜR GESCHÄFTSREISENDE' at left and 'SIECHEN-SPECIALAUSSCHANK' at right. A rectangular orange underprint panel at the foot carries the validity and address text, while circular denomination roundels '50' appear in the upper corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD KIEL · GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 50 PFENNIG Franz Maedicke's Hôtel SPECIALHAUS FÜR GESCHÄFTSREISENDE SIECHEN-SPECIALAUSSCHANK NUR GÜLTIG IN FRANZ MAEDICKE's HÔTEL INH. KARL BURMEISTER FERNRUF 126 KIEL KLINKE 20 50 50 |
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Kiel notgeld from the early 1920s was produced in enormous quantities, much of it explicitly designed for collectors rather than cashiers. Franz Maedicke's Hotel falls squarely into that category — by 1921, the German notgeld market had shifted decisively toward Serienscheine, decorative small-denomination issues printed in themed sets and sold by subscription to philatelic dealers. The hotel's name on a circulating instrument is less a sign of monetary emergency than a shrewd piece of local advertising.
Whether this note ever changed hands in actual payment is doubtful. Most Serienscheine of 1921 were cancelled or simply never tendered.