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100 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Neumarkt in Schlesien |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typographically bold Notgeld note printed in red-brown and black on white paper, with a decorative border of star ornaments at the corners. The issuer name STÄDTISCHE SPARKASSE arches across the top in large serif lettering, with NEUMARKT in oversized bold gothic type spanning the width of the note below, and IN SCHLESIEN in smaller text beneath. The denomination EINHUNDERT PFENNIGE is set in large display type over a red-brown guilloche underprint of interlocking diamond lozenges, with the numerals 100 superimposed; the date NEUMARKT, DEN 10. OKTOB. 1921 and redemption clause appear in the lower portion, flanked by two manuscript signatures for DER VERWALTUNGSRAT and STÄDT. SPARKASSE. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full-width vignette in red-brown and black illustrating a historical interior scene: a delegation of Breslau city councillors petitioning Napoleon during his stay in Neumarkt in 1813, with several figures in early 19th-century dress gathered in a furnished room. Below the vignette, a text panel bears the patriotic motto and explanatory caption in black letterpress, with a large red overprint of the numeral 100 across the lower inscription area. The note is identified as SERIE IV in the lower left margin. |
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Neumarkt in Schlesien — now Środa Śląska in southwestern Poland — was one of hundreds of German municipalities issuing Kleingeldscheine during the postwar small-change famine of the early 1920s. The Städtische Sparkasse (municipal savings bank) had the authority and the local need; Grass, Barth & Comp., operating under the W. Friedrich imprint in Breslau, had the presses. The combination was entirely typical of Silesian notgeld production.
The DeNG reference subdivides this issue into twelve variants, suggesting differences in serial ranges, dates, or overprints across the run — worth checking against the specific piece in hand.