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1 Pfennig yellow waves underprint
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Glogau |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and yellow-orange on white paper, with a decorative border of alternating scallop and lace-like wave motifs in yellow forming the frame. A large central oval guilloche vignette in grey carries the denomination legend "Ein Pfennig" in Gothic blackletter script, flanked on each upper corner by the numeral "1" within a dotted square cartouche. Below the vignette, the issuing authority inscription is rendered in ornate Gothic script, with two facsimile signatures printed above a red serial number and series designation at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Pfennig Der Magistrat der Stadt Glogau No Reihe IV CARL FLEMMING AG, GLOGAU UND BERLIN. |
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Glogau's municipal emergency money from 1919 belongs to the vast wave of German Kleingeldersatz notes produced when coin shortages made small-denomination transactions nearly impossible in the immediate post-war period. The Magistrat issued these through the local firm Carl Flemming — a well-established printing and publishing house with deep roots in Glogau — which meant the town had genuine production capacity on its doorstep rather than contracting out to Berlin or Leipzig.
The yellow waves underprint is the distinguishing variable within the G20 series; catalog references split the type by underprint color, making precise identification dependent on that background tint rather than any text difference.