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1 Pfennig Georgshütte
| Issuer | Municipality of Siemianowitz (Upper Silesia), Georgshütte |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on rose-pink paper, the obverse carries the heading Gutschein in large bold letterpress type at top center, flanked by decorative rule ornaments. Below, the denomination 1 Pfg. is set in large numerals, followed by the text indicating redemption validity at the Verkaufsstelle des Guts-Vorstandes Georgshütte. A circular administrative ink stamp of Georgshütte, Kr. Kattowitz appears at lower left, with the manuscript or typeset name Stuzalek identifying the Guts-Vorsteher (estate administrator). |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain rose-pink paper, entirely unprinted, showing only surface wear and residue from an adhesive or paper attachment at the upper left quadrant, with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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Georgshütte was an industrial works settlement within Siemianowitz, and like hundreds of similar Oberschlesische communities during the post-WWI inflationary period, its municipal authority issued fractional Notgeld to plug the chronic shortage of small-denomination coinage. A single-pfennig note is about as low as emergency currency gets — practical evidence of just how completely the Reichsmark's small change had vanished from everyday commerce by the early 1920s.
The Tieste Va reference places this within the exhaustive Kleingeldscheine classification. Stuzalek's signature identifies a local municipal signatory rather than a bank officer.