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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Freienwalde in Pommern (City of Freienwalde in Pomerania) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 99.5 × 64 mm |
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| Reverse description | Salmon-pink Notgeld note with an ornate scroll border in brown. The central vignette, drawn by Robert Koch, shows a historical scene of three figures in period costume before a half-timbered building, referencing the organisation of the Schützengilde (marksmen's guild) in 1673. A panel at left bears the denomination '50 Pfg.' with 'NOTSCHEIN' inscribed above and below. A two-line caption below the vignette records the historical event in Gothic script, noting the privilege granted by the Great Elector in 1681. The artist's signature 'Robert Koch' appears at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTSCHEIN 50 Pfg. NOTSCHEIN 1673 Organisierung der Schützengilde durch den Rat der Stadt Freienwalde. Privilegiert vom Großen Kurfürst 1681. |
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Freienwalde in Pommern — not to be confused with Bad Freienwalde in Brandenburg — issued this Notgeld during the hyperinflationary spiral that made small-denomination Reichsmark coins effectively worthless and pushed hundreds of German municipalities into emergency paper issuance. The Görlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger was primarily a newspaper publisher, and like many regional presses of the period it pivoted to Notgeld printing as a sideline when demand outstripped the capacity of specialist security printers.
Robert Koch's designer credit is worth noting — Pomeranian municipal series from this press tend to show more compositional care than the purely utilitarian issues from larger print runs.