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70 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Gemeinde Westerhorn (Municipality of Westerhorn) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed Notgeld note printed in dark grey and red. A bold red cross-hatched guilloche underprint dominates the centre field, overlaid with vertical red line ornaments and foliate sprigs. The denomination '70' appears in large Gothic script within decorative cartouches at left and right, with 'Pfennig' inscribed vertically beneath each. The issuing authority legend 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Westerhorn' is set in ornate blackletter at the top, with 'Amtsbezirk Hörnerkirchen' below. A validity clause reads 'Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 31. Dezember 1921', followed by the manuscript signatures of the Amtsausschuss and Amtsvorsteher, with the printer's imprint 'Konrad Hanf Hamburg 8' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 70 PF Wi lewt vondag in Suus un Bruus, Hult ok de Storm üm Schün un Huus, Wat schädt't, uns geit doch nix to spill, Wi sünd versekert in de Hörner-Gill! |
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Westerhorn is a village in Schleswig-Holstein with a population that has never exceeded a few hundred. That a municipality this small was issuing its own emergency currency in 1921 speaks directly to the severity of the postwar coin shortage — Kleingeldschein production was effectively democratized across thousands of German towns and parishes, each commissioning their own printer to fill the gap left by a mint system in collapse.
Konrad Hanf of Hamburg handled a substantial volume of northern German Notgeld work during this period. The 70-Pfennig denomination is an odd one, chosen almost certainly to complement specific local pricing rather than fit any standardized series.