25 Pfennig, Neustadt in Holstein, 1921 (Patriot series)

This copy

Accession

OM-00529

Series year

1921

Actually issued

1921

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

AU (IBNS)

Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$8 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-03.

Dimensions

80.3 × 53.3 mm (±0.6, from the scan)

Themes

NotgeldSerienscheinSchleswig-HolsteinSatiricalSchleswig plebisciteWeimar Republic

The type

Type

25 Pfennig, Neustadt in Holstein, 1921 (Patriot series)

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Symbology

Patriot figure

A satirical cartoon commenting on the Schleswig plebiscite of 1920, which transferred North Schleswig to Denmark.

"Ob schwer auch getroffen / Deutschland wird leben"

"Though hard hit, Germany will live" — a defiant motto common on post-war German Notgeld, expressing resilience after the territorial losses of the Versailles Treaty.

What was happening

A different series from the same town, this time with satirical cartoons about the Schleswig plebiscite and the Danish-German border question. The front shows a figure labelled Patriot with commentary about cockades and Danish flags — biting political satire from a town that had just watched the border move.

Signed by Rehr (Bürgermeister). The back shows the Neustadt Kirche (church) and the motto Ob schwer auch getroffen / Deutschland wird leben ("Though hard hit, Germany will live").

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 25 Pfennig, Neustadt in Holstein, 1921 (Patriot series) in the collection.