DENMARK - OLD NOTE - PLEBISCITE AREA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN & NORTH DENMARK ZONE 1 - Plebiscite issue dated 1920 - HØJER - HOYER 50 Pfennig Banknote - Note has seen no circulation, so grades UNCIRCULATED - A superb example of a sometimes hard to find Emergency Banknote.
Catalogue Reference:- BAKOWSKY SPEZIALKATALOG NORDSCHLESWIG #18-13.
DENMARK/GERMANY - OLD NOTE - PLEBISCITE AREA OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN & NORTH DENMARK 1920 1 MARK ISSUE.
HØJER (Danish) - HOYER (German) - HUUGER (North Frisian), is a small town in Denmark, in the Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula. It was the seat of the former Højer municipality. From 2007, because of local government reforms, Højer municipality ceased to exist due to the fact that it was merged with Bredebro, Løgumkloster, Nørre-Rangstrup, Skærbæk, and Tønder municipalities to form the new Tønder Municipality.
Interesting banknote this - it was issued at the time of the Referenda held in towns and Cities of Schleswig-Holstein following the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, where the people on both sides of the German/Danish border were allowed to vote on the issue of whether they were to be governed in the future by Germany or Denmark.
This Banknote is for 50 Pfennig. The note is in Multicolours on both sides. On the face at the top centre it features a large illustration of the Coat of Arms of Højer, while at the centre of both sides is the denomination as '50Pf.' within small circles, in Black. At the upper left is the following Text in German - 'Gültig Bis 1 Monat nach der Bekanntmachung. At the right - 'Einlösung erfolgt durch die Stadtkasse Hoyer d. 10 April 1920'. Meaning - Valid up to 1 month after the announcement and Encashment is carried out by the Town's Treasury. Underneath is the date as Hoyer d. April 10, 1920.
Below the text at the upper right, the note is signed by d. Burgermeister. The note's Serial Number is at the corresponding position at the left - 16476. The illustration below at the bottom of the note features an agricultural Ploughshare and its two wheeled carriage, in a field.
The note was designed by L.Thaysen, whose name is at the bottom left corner.
On the reverse of the note is a large colourful illustration of one of the locks/sluices in Hojer. At each corner of the note is the denomination as '50' in Black against a pinkish Red background within a square shape. Along the bottom of the note is a flatfish at the left and right centres. At the centre is an illustration of a bearded man wearing an Oilskin coat and sporting a Sou'wester hat, against a Black and Yellow striped background.
So this banknote therefore has just German text and fairly neutral imagery on both sides.
The note is sized - 104 x 58mm.
This old note is crisp and clean, it has seen no appreciable handling and no circulation, so therefore grades a superb Uncirculated.
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HISTORICAL EXPLANATION - This note was in circulation at the time of the Referenda held in Villages, Communes, Towns and Cities of Schleswig-Holstein following the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, where the people on both sides of the German/Danish border were allowed to vote on the issue of whether they were to be governed in the future by Germany or Denmark, this note is from one of the areas that voted for Germany. The result in Hojer was 581votes for Germany - 72.6% and only 219 votes for Denmark - 27.4%, but because Højer was in Zone 1 where the result was based on the votes in the entire Zone, where only 25.1% of the votes were for Germany, with 74.9% voting for Denmark, so the Municipality of Højer was returned to Denmark.
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