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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Freien Bergstadt Tarnowitz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed on cream-yellow stock in black letterpress and is divided into three vertical panels framed by a bold outer border. The left and right panels each contain an oval medallion with the denomination numeral '50' in large bold type, surrounded by circular inscriptions and the value '50 Pf.' in the corners; the left panel bears two manuscript facsimile signatures of the Magistrat officials below the legend 'DER MAGISTRAT'. The central panel carries the civic coat of arms of Tarnowitz — an eagle displayed above crossed mining hammers on a quartered shield — set within a decorative scroll border. A broad top banner reads 'NOTGELD DER FREIEN' and the bottom banner reads 'BERGSTADT TARNOWITZ'. |
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| Reverse lettering | ALTE FREIE BERGSTADT TARNOWITZ FLEMMING WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU 50 |
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Tarnowitz — now Tarnowskie Góry in Upper Silesia — was at the center of one of the most politically charged plebiscites of the postwar period when this note was issued. The March 1921 Upper Silesian plebiscite, held just weeks before most Notgeld of this type entered circulation, returned a majority for Germany, though the subsequent League of Nations partition awarded the industrially valuable eastern strip to Poland. The Magistrat's decision to issue emergency coinage substitutes reflected genuine small-denomination shortages, but the timing made such notes locally symbolic in ways their issuers likely never intended.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were among the more prolific Notgeld printers in Silesia, handling municipal contracts across the region throughout the inflation years.