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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Lähn im Riesengebirge |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Lähn im Riesengebirge 25 Pfennig Die städtische Sparkasse Lähn im Riesengeb. zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Lähn i/Riesengeb. FLEMMING-WISKOTT A:G. GLOGAU. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large central vignette engraved in green and black, showing a pastoral panoramic scene of Birkenau (the medieval predecessor settlement of Lähn) as it appeared in the 11th century, with rolling hills, farmsteads, and a seated figure in period costume in the foreground to the right. Ornate foliate border panels in grey flank the central scene at left and right, each containing a denomination numeral '25' at the lower corner. A captioned text panel below the vignette identifies the scene in Gothic script. |
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Lähn im Riesengebirge — now Wleń, in southwestern Poland — was a small Silesian town whose municipal savings bank issued this Notgeld during the hyperinflationary period when central currency supply simply could not meet local demand. These fractional emergency issues were a practical fix, not a monetary experiment. Thousands of German municipalities did the same between 1917 and 1923.
Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G. of Glogau was one of Silesia's more prolific Notgeld printers, handling commissions for dozens of small issuers across the region. Glogau itself, now Głogów, passed to Poland after 1945.