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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Finsterwalde, City of |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Finsterwalde N./L. über * Fünf Pfennig * 5 Pfennig Vorstehenden Betrag zahlt unsere Stadthauptkasse d. Einlieferer dies. Scheines Gültigkeit bis 1 Monat nach erfolgtem Widerruf d. ortsübliche Bekanntmachung Finsterwalde, den 5. Dezember 1919. Der Magistrat. Bürgermeister. Die Stadtverordnetenversammlung. Stadtverordnetenvorsteher. SELMAR BAYER, BERLIN SO 36 (Translation: Voucher of the City of Finsterwalde N./L. for Five Pfennig. The above amount is payable by our city treasury to the bearer of this note. Valid until 1 month after revocation by local public notice.) |
| Reverse description | Printed in black on white paper, the reverse is entirely covered by an elaborate lace-effect guilloche border composed of repeating floral rosettes and interlocking scroll patterns, with the denomination numeral '5' set into each of the four corners. Within this border a large oval vignette presents a detailed line-engraved townscape of Finsterwalde, showing a bridge crossing a canal or river in the foreground with multi-storey buildings and trees beyond. |
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Finsterwalde's 1919 Kleingeldscheine belong to the enormous wave of municipal emergency money that flooded Germany when the postwar coin shortage made small change almost impossible to find. The imperial coinage system had collapsed, the new Weimar government hadn't yet stabilized a replacement, and towns across Brandenburg were left to print their own. Finsterwalde was one of hundreds that contracted with Berlin printers to fill the gap.
Selmar Bayer handled a substantial volume of this municipal work. Nothing particularly distinguishes this commission from the firm's broader output.