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80 Pfennig Osterhorn
| Issuer | Gemeinde Osterhorn, Amtsbezirk Hoernerkirchen |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Cream ground with a black outer border enclosing a symmetrical composition. Two tall yellow decorative amphorae with scrolled handles and colourful floral arrangements flank a central oval cartouche printed in yellow, within which the expiry notice and two facsimile signatures appear in black letterpress. A serial number in red is printed on a yellow rectangular plinth at the foot of the cartouche. The printer's imprint 'KONRAD HANF, HAMBURG 8' appears in small capitals along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | DIESER SCHEIN VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT AM 31. DECEMBER 1921 DER AMTSAUSSCHUSS J.A. DER AMTSVORSTEHER KONRAD HANF, HAMBURG 8 |
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Osterhorn is a small parish in Holstein, and its 1921 Notgeld issue reflects the acute small-change shortage that plagued German communities in the inflationary period following the First World War. The Amtsbezirk Hörnerkirchen grouping was administratively typical for rural Schleswig-Holstein, where individual Gemeinden often issued their own denominations rather than coordinating through a district-wide series. The 80 Pfennig denomination is notably odd — most Notgeld issues clustered around 25, 50, and 75 Pfennig — which suggests this was calculated against a specific local transaction need rather than issued as part of a tidy set.
Konrad Hanf of Hamburg handled a substantial volume of northern German municipal Notgeld printing during this period, though the firm is less documented than larger contemporaries like Giesecke & Devrient.