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25 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Guhrau |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and red on cream paper, framed by a decorative border with twisted-column pilasters at the sides, each bearing a small red shield. The central vignette comprises a panoramic engraved view of the town of Gurau (Guhrau) as it appeared in the mid-sixteenth century, with church steeples, town walls, and surrounding countryside rendered in fine line work after an old topographical illustration. A cartouche at the top inscribes the town name and duchy designation, while a lower panel carries the descriptive caption in Gothic script; denomination numerals '25' appear at upper left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | Gurau (Herzogt. Glogau) 25 25 Um Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Städtische Sparkasse Guhrau was a municipal savings institution in the Silesian town of Guhrau — today Góra, in southwestern Poland — and like hundreds of similar local bodies, it issued small-denomination Notgeld during the postwar currency chaos of the early 1920s. These savings-bank issues occupy an odd category: technically emergency money, but in many cases printed in quantities far exceeding local need, destined more for collectors than cashiers.
Flemming-Wiskott in Glogau handled a substantial volume of Silesian Notgeld work during this period, their proximity to the issuing towns making them a natural choice for municipal contracts across the region.