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25 Pfennig Schlesische Lutherfestspiele
| Issuer | Schlesische Lutherfestspiele, Breslau (Evangelisch-Kirchlicher Arbeitsausschuss) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 15 July 1921 |
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| Obverse lettering | Schlesische Lutherfestspiele BRESLAU * JAHRHUNDERTHALLE * JUNI 1921 Martinus Luther DIESER GUTSCHEIN W. I. BEREICH D. LUTHERFESTSPIELE M. 25 PF GEWERTET U. B.Z. 15. JULI 1921 A. D. KASSE D. LUTHERFESTSPIELE IN BRESLAU EINGELÖST. EVANGELISCH-KIRCHLICHER ARBEITSAUSSCHUSS - HOFFMANN. JUST. GRASS BARTH & COMP. W. FRIEDRICH BRESLAU |
| Reverse description | Central architectural vignette of the Jahrhunderthalle (Century Hall) in Breslau, rendered in a multicolour letterpress composition with terracotta and green tones, with stylised clouds above. Symmetrical decorative panels at left and right carry rosette and ribbon motifs in green and terracotta. The denomination '25' appears in bold at the upper left and right corners, with 'PF' in matching bold type at the lower corners. The upper border carries 'Schlesische Lutherfestspiele' in Gothic blackletter, and the lower border reads 'Jahrhunderthalle Breslau' in the same script. |
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The Schlesische Lutherfestspiele were a series of open-air theatrical productions staged in Breslau in 1921 to mark the 400th anniversary of Luther's appearance before the Diet of Worms. The issuing body — an evangelical church coordinating committee — produced this Notgeld not as an emergency currency in the strict sense but as a commemorative piece with nominal spending value, likely redeemable at festival venues.
Grass, Barth & Comp. was one of Breslau's established commercial printers, operating under the W. Friedrich imprint by this period. By 1921, Silesia's political status was itself unresolved — the third Upper Silesian plebiscite occurred that same year — which gives even minor local issues from this city an edge of historical instability.