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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Silberberg (City of Silberberg, Lower Silesia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Grey-toned note with a bold red outer border enclosing a black inner frame. The denomination '50 Pf.' appears in large red script at the upper left, while the issuer name 'Stadt Silberberg.' is rendered in sweeping italic script across the upper right. The lower half carries the validity clause and date in cursive script, accompanied at the lower right by the municipal coat of arms — a shield divided into a black double-headed eagle above horizontal red and white stripes — and two facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Stadtverordnetenvorsteher below their respective titles. |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf. Stadt Silberberg. Gültig bis 3 Monate nach Aufruf. Silberberg, den 1. Mai 21. Der Magistrat Bürgermeister. Stadtverord.-Vorsteher. |
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Silberberg — now Srebrna Góra in southwestern Poland — was a small Silesian garrison town whose municipal authorities, like hundreds of other German communities, issued emergency small-change notes (Notgeld) during the early 1920s when coin shortages made daily commerce difficult. The town's name translates directly as "Silver Mountain," a reference to the silver mining that once defined the region, though by 1921 the mines had long ceased to matter economically.
Series-collecting drove much of the Notgeld market by this point — issuers knew hobbyists were buying sets, and production often exceeded genuine circulation need. Whether Silberberg's issue was primarily functional or collector-targeted is an open question.