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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Forst in der Lausitz |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the municipal coat of arms of Forst in der Lausitz — a white heraldic shield charged with a red deer antler — flanked by two decorative scroll ribbons and flowering plants rendered in a Jugendstil woodcut style against a dark green ground. Denomination numerals '50' appear in red octagonal cartouches at upper left and right. The lower register carries the value legend in large red Gothic script, flanked by validity text at left and the issuing authority with manuscript signatures and date at right. The designer's name 'HEINZ SCHIESTL' is inscribed at lower right of the central vignette, and the printer's imprint 'FLEMMING WISKOTT A.-G. GLOGAU' appears below the border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtkreis Forst Lausitz Fünfzig Pfennig Dieser Schein verliert 1 Monat nach öffentlicher Bekanntmachung seine Gültigkeit. Forst i/Lausitz, den 1. Juli 1921 Der Magistrat: |
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Forst, a textile town on the Lausitz Neiße, was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency issuance as postwar inflation gutted the Reichsmark's practical utility for small transactions. This note is Notgeld in the strict sense — a stopgap, not a collector's piece, though the market for decoratively printed Kleingeldersatz quickly created its own perverse incentives, with some towns issuing far more than local commerce ever required.
Heinz Schiestl, a Würzburg-based graphic artist with a background in religious illustration and woodcut-influenced design, contributed work to numerous Notgeld commissions in this period. Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau was a well-established printing house with a long history in maps and illustrated printing before the Notgeld boom brought them municipal contracts.