75 Pfennig, Neustadt in Holstein, 1921 (harbour)

Notgeld ("emergency money") began in 1914 out of necessity but by 1920-21 had become a collector craze: towns issued lithographed Serienscheine far beyond any local need and sold them to collectors for real marks. Neustadt in Holstein, a small Baltic harbour town on the Lübeck Bay, used its series to make a patriotic point.

The whole Neustadt set is a Schleswig-Holstein commentary on the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, which under the Treaty of Versailles transferred North Schleswig to Denmark. This 75 Pfennig value is the quieter, scenic note of the group, belonging with [[notgeld-neustadt-holstein-25-pfennig]] (the "Up ewig ungedeelt" / Christian I note), [[notgeld-neustadt-holstein-25-pfennig-patriot]], [[notgeld-neustadt-holstein-25-pfennig-teilung]], [[notgeld-neustadt-holstein-75-pfennig-laboratorium]] and [[notgeld-neustadt-holstein-50-pfennig]].

The front shows a harbour view captioned Am Hafen ("at the harbour"), with the value marked Pf 75 Pf - a portrait of the town's own Baltic port on the Lübeck Bay. The back carries a townsfolk-and-landscape scene (Die Burg ...). It was valid until 31 July 1921 and signed by Bürgermeister Rehr and Stadtverordnetenvorsteher Ehlers.