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25 Pfennig Kreissparkasse
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Steinau |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress notgeld printed in green and rust-red on cream paper, enclosed within an ornate border of interlaced scrollwork in red-orange with a bold green outer rule. A central oval cartouche in black carries the numeral '25' above the abbreviation 'Pfg.', flanked by green four-leaf clover vignettes, while circular corner medallions repeat the denomination; below, the issuer name 'Kreissparkasse Steinau' and the notation 'III. Ausgabe.' appear in Gothic blackletter alongside the full written value 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig' in large display type. Three facsimile manuscript signatures of the Verwaltungsrat follow the legend 'Der Verwaltungsrat:', with the printer's imprint of Geographisches Institut Paul Baron, Liegnitz, set at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Kreissparkasse Steinau III. Ausgabe. 25 Pfg. Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Der Verwaltungsrat: Geographisches Institut Paul Baron Liegnitz. |
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Steinau an der Oder — now Ścinawa in southwestern Poland — was a small Silesian district center whose Kreissparkasse issued this Notgeld note during the post-WWI currency emergency that flooded Germany with locally produced emergency coinage and scrip. The Geographisches Institut Paul Baron in Liegnitz handled a considerable volume of Silesian Notgeld work during this period, and their output for minor district savings banks like Steinau was strictly functional.
Liegnitz itself is now Legnica, also in Poland — a reminder of how thoroughly the political geography of Silesia was redrawn after 1945.