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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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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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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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| Reverse lettering | No In böser Zeit helf ich euch aus, wird's wieder besser jagt mich hinaus, Not wär in unsern Landen Kleengeld wär nich Förhanden Dor wüß man denn nich ut noch in, mogt Notgeld schnell, mi kamt in't Sinn. 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.