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1.50 Mark
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Stolp i. Pommern |
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| Value | 1.50 Mark |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large letterpress portrait vignette of Heinrich von Stephan, the Pomeranian-born founder of the Universal Postal Union, rendered in bold black line work on a cream ground. Denomination panels of '1.50 Mark' in blue and orange appear at upper left and upper right, with orange text panels carrying a regional verse in Fraktur script on both lateral sides. The note bears the patent registration 'D.R.G.M. 795679' at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Heinrich v. Stephan. / 1·50 Mark / 1·50 Mark / Wo kommen den all die Kaschuben her- / Es gibt so / viel wie Sand am Meer-? / Aus Stolp, aus Stolp, aus Stolp. / D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Stolp (now Słupsk, Poland) was a mid-sized Pomeranian market town, and like hundreds of German municipalities it resorted to locally-authorized Notgeld during the severe coin shortages of World War One. The 1.50 Mark denomination is the genuinely odd detail here — fractional and non-decimal by any conventional standard, almost certainly calculated to cover a specific local transaction need rather than fit neatly into a broader monetary scheme.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were prolific printers of municipal emergency currency across Silesia and Pomerania, supplying dozens of savings banks and town councils simultaneously.