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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Oberglogau (Upper Silesia), City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 87 × 59 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and blue on cream paper within a decorative dot-and-dash border. The heading reads 'Fünfundzwanzig-Pfennig-Schein d. Stadt Oberglogau, O.S.' in bold Gothic script across the top. At centre, the municipal coat of arms of Oberglogau — a shield bearing a grapevine motif on a guilloche underprint — is flanked by ornamental grape-cluster vignettes and two shield cartouches each bearing the denomination '25 Pf.' To the lower left appears the validity clause 'Gültig bis:' with the place and date 'Oberglogau, den 1. Juli 1921', while the expiry date '31.12.1922' and the issuing authority 'der Magistrat:' with two manuscript signatures appear to the lower right; the printer's imprint 'Flemming-Wiskott A.G. Glogau' and the designer's name 'Max Baumann' appear at the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfundzwanzig-Pfennig-Schein d. Stadt Oberglogau, O.S. 25 Pf. Gültig bis: Oberglogau, den 1. Juli 1921. 31.12.1922 der Magistrat: FLEMMING-WISKOTT A.G.GLOGAU |
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Oberglogau's 1921 notgeld issue came out of a copper and nickel shortage that had gutted Germany's small-change supply since the war years. By 1921 municipal notgeld had become something of a collector-driven industry — towns across Silesia were commissioning attractive small-denomination paper partly because philatelists were buying it outright and never spending it, a feedback loop that kept many issues financially profitable for the issuer.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau printed a substantial share of Upper Silesian notgeld during this period. Max Baumann's design credit is relatively uncommon in this region's issues — most comparable pieces went uncredited.