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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Belgard |
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| Reference(s) | P#GrM:69.2a-1/5 |
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| Obverse lettering | die Sparkasse der Stadt Belgard Belgard a. Pers. 25 Pfs Fünf und zwanzig Pfennige Zahle gegen diesen Schein aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber Konto H FLEMMING U. WISKOTT-A.G.-GLOGAU. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central octagonal vignette printed in black and red tones, illustrating Frederick the Great mounted on horseback at the head of the Belgard 'Totenkopf' hussar regiment, accompanied by mounted soldiers in period uniform. Flanking text panels in Gothic script recount the historical episode of 10 October 1744 at the Battle of Moldauthein, referencing the regiment's immortal fame. The denomination '25' appears in red at upper left and upper right, with 'Pfs' in matching decorative panels at lower left and lower right, and the design registration mark 'D.R.G.M. 795679' is printed beneath the lower border. |
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Belgard — now Białogard in northwestern Poland — issued this note as Notgeld during the currency chaos that followed the First World War, when the Reichsbank could not supply enough small-denomination coin and paper to meet everyday demand. Thousands of German municipalities and savings banks issued their own emergency fractional currency in this period, but the Flemming & Wiskott press in Glogau was among the more prolific and technically accomplished producers of the genre, and their output for provincial Sparkassen tends to show cleaner engraving than notes rushed through lesser print shops.