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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Neusalz (Oder) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper (Handmade) |
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| Reverse description | The central field is dominated by a large historical vignette in intaglio-style engraving portraying the ceremonial elevation of Neusalz to a town by King Frederick the Great on 20 August 1743, with figures in 18th-century dress gathered in a town square. The denomination numeral '25' appears in turquoise roundels at upper left and upper right within a decorative border, and the commemorative inscription is rendered in Gothic script along the lower portion. The registration mark 'D.R.G.M. 795679 u. G.R.P. angemeldet' is printed in small type at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Neusalz (Oder) Erhebung von Neusalz zur Stadt durch König Friedrich den Großen am 20. August 1743. (Translation: City of Neusalz (Oder) Elevation of Neusalz to a city by King Frederick the Great on 20th of August 1743.) |
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Neusalz an der Oder — now Nowa Sól — was a small Silesian textile town, and its municipal savings bank issued this note during the catastrophic hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, when local authorities across Germany were printing their own Notgeld simply to keep commerce moving. The handmade paper with watermark was an unusual choice for a minor issuer at this level; most comparable Notgeld from small-town Sparkassen used plain commercial stock. Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were the obvious regional printer for Silesian issuers, handling a substantial volume of emergency issues from the area that year.