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| Issuer | Stadt Allenstein (City of Allenstein) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Allenstein Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit Bekanntmachung 1 Monat nach wir sind deutsch und bleiben deutsch am 11. Juli 1920 Allenstein den 1. April 1921 Der Magistrat und die Stadtverordnetenversammlung 50 Fünfzig Pfennig FLEMMING · WISKOTT A.G. GLOGAU. |
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| Reverse lettering | Rathaus in Allenstein 50 Pfg. Serie A 086743 PAUL TUSCHE |
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Allenstein — today Olsztyn in northeastern Poland — was at the center of one of the Versailles Treaty's most closely watched plebiscites when this note was issued. The July 1920 vote saw roughly 98% of participants choose to remain with Germany rather than join the newly reconstituted Polish state, a result that decisively settled the region's postwar status. Local Notgeld issued in the immediate aftermath carried a civic confidence that the border question had been answered.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were among the more prolific Notgeld printers of the period, handling commissions from municipalities across Silesia and East Prussia. The DeNG 1/2#13.1 designation places this within a well-documented series for the Stadt Allenstein issues of 1921.