Set of two Wenzel Hablik designed Notgeld banknotes for the city of Itzehoe, 1921
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1921
This set consists of two emergency money banknotes (Notgeld) issued by the city of Itzehoe, Holstein, in 1921. The pieces were designed by the artist Wenzel Hablik.
The set includes a 50 Pfennig denomination measuring 5.9 x 11.2 cm and a 1 Mark denomination measuring 5.5 x 10.5 cm. Both banknotes are printed on recto and verso. The 50 Pfennig note features a geometric composition in black, brown, and blue, while the 1 Mark note utilizes a palette of black, brown, and grey. Each banknote is individually numbered '03157'. The design incorporates elaborate typography and lists various commodity prices from 1913 compared to 1921, providing historical context for the inflation of the period.
The banknotes are official municipal issues intended for local circulation and serve as a tangible example of German emergency currency produced during the hyperinflation years of the Weimar Republic.
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Physical characteristics
- Numbering
- 03157
- Dimensions 50 pf
- 5.9 x 11.2 cm
- Dimensions 1 mark
- 5.5 x 10.5 cm
Technical characteristics
- Printing
- recto and verso
- Denominations
- 50 Pfennig, 1 Mark
Design
- Colors 50 pf
- black, brown, blue
- Colors 1 mark
- black, brown, grey
Identification
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- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Wenzel Hablik
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