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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Gemeinde Appen (Municipality of Appen) |
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| Size | 85.0 × 58.8 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue, brown, and black on white paper, with a decorative ruled border framing the entire design. The issuer name 'Notgeld der Gemeinde Appen' is set in bold Gothic script at the top, below which the denomination numerals '75' appear in large, ornate figures flanking a central polychrome coat of arms of the Communal District of Pinneberg, encircled by the legend 'COM. AMTSBEZIRK PINNEBERG'. Below the arms, two facsimile manuscript signatures appear above the titles of the Finanzausschuss and the Com. Amtsvorsteher, followed by the validity clause and the printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF, HAMBURG 8' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Gemeinde Appen 75 Pfg. 75 Pfg. Und wo an des Landes Marken tauend blüht die Königsau- Und wo tausendend stolze Barken Einwärts zieht zum Haffengau- Schleswig-Holstein stammverwandt Bleibe treu mein Vaterland! |
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Appen is a small village in Schleswig-Holstein, and like hundreds of similarly modest German municipalities, it issued its own Notgeld during the postwar emergency currency period when small-denomination Reichsmark coinage had effectively disappeared from circulation. The Konrad Hanf printing house in Hamburg handled a considerable volume of municipal Notgeld contracts during this period, supplying notes to communities throughout the surrounding region that lacked any means of local production.
The 75-Pfennig denomination is one of the more unusual fractional values in German municipal Notgeld — most issuers gravitated toward 25, 50, and the full Mark. Its presence here suggests Appen was plugging a specific change gap rather than issuing for collector appeal.