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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Freiburg i. Schles. (City of Freiburg in Silesia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT FREIBURG i SCHLES Fünfzig Pfennig 50 Dieser Schein wird angültig einen Monat nach Aufruf Ausgabe Septbr. 1921. Der Magistrat. GRUBE & SCHNEIDER FREIBURG i.Schl. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is rendered in a rich multicolour palette of red, green, blue, and yellow, framed by an Art Nouveau-style border with interlaced foliate scrollwork. The central vignette presents a colour landscape view of Schloss Fürstenstein (Książ Castle) seen through a foreground of tall conifers and snow-dusted firs, with the castle's turrets and yellow-rendered facade visible at centre. A crowned heraldic shield appears at lower left within the border. The denomination '50' appears in numerals at both lower corners, with the motto text set in a dark red panel across the bottom. |
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Freiburg in Silesia — now Świebodzice, Poland — was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production during the postwar inflation spiral. This 50 Pfennig Notgeld was printed locally by Grube & Schneider, a small regional press, which was entirely typical of the period: Berlin could not supply fiduciary notes fast enough, so towns contracted whoever was nearest with a printing press.
1921 sits at the relatively stable early phase of the inflation crisis. Notes issued that year were generally redeemed before hyperinflation rendered the entire Notgeld system obsolete by 1923.