Erwin Nöbbe – Glücksburg Emergency Money

Erwin Nöbbe · 1920

Two 1920 emergency-money notes (Notgeld) for the town of Glücksburg, 50 Pfennig and 1 Mark, designed by the Schleswig-Holstein artist Erwin Nöbbe. In the years after the First World War, German towns issued their own small-denomination Notgeld, often beautifully illustrated with local motifs; these inform a leather piece.

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50 Pfennig · Front
50 Pfennig · Back
Eine Mark · Front
Eine Mark · Back

Photographed from personal copies. The 50 Pfennig note is dated 17 June 1920; the 1 Mark note was issued by the town of Glücksburg in 1920. Artwork by the Flensburg painter Erwin Nöbbe (1882 to 1948).

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