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25 Pfennig Städtische Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Glatz |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark red-brown and blue, with a bold decorative border of stylised folk-art motifs in blue surrounding the central field. The denomination numeral '25' appears in large blue characters at the upper left and upper right corners. A central dark red-brown cartouche in Gothic script carries the issuer and denomination text, with the validity clause 'Gültig bis 3 Monate nach Aufruf' below. The date and administrative authority inscription appear at the foot of the central panel, accompanied by a manuscript signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Städt. Sparkasse Glatz über Fünfundzwanzig Pf Gültig bis 3 Monate nach Aufruf Glatz, 6. Oktober 1921 Der Verwaltungsrat Ludwig Schirmer Krause |
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Glatz — now Kłodzko in southwestern Poland — was still a thoroughly German Silesian city in 1921, when the Sparkasse issued this note to relieve the chronic small-change shortage that plagued German municipalities in the early Weimar inflation years. Städtische Sparkasse notgeld of this type was a local administrative solution, not a banking product in any conventional sense; the issuing savings institution had no real authority to emit currency and relied entirely on community trust and the expectation of eventual redemption.
L. Schirmer was a local Glatz printer, and the production values of notgeld from such firms varied considerably — registration errors and ink inconsistencies are common in the series.