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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtbank Bütow |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#204.2b-1/5 |
| Obverse description | The upper two-thirds of the note carries a central vignette of the Bütow civic coat of arms — a heraldic shield bearing a black cross above two church towers set on a red brick archway — enclosed within a circular frame and set against a dark grey ground with large numeral '50' to each side. The lower register, separated by a decorative guilloche band, contains the issuing bank name 'Bütow' in bold red letterpress script flanked by the payment text and the denomination 'fünfzig Pfennig', with account designation 'Konto C' and a serial number in a scroll cartouche below. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ritterschloss Bütow. Erbaut von Conrad v. Jungingen 1399 (Translation: Knight's Castle Bütow. Built by Conrad von Jungingen 1399) |
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Bütow — now Bytów in northwestern Poland — was still firmly within Pomerania when this note circulated, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1922 it turned to local issue simply because Reichsbank notes were depreciating faster than they could be printed in sufficient quantity. Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled an enormous volume of Notgeld work during this period, supplying small municipalities across Silesia and Pomerania who lacked any other practical option.
The Grimmer and Kriwuß design credit is unusually specific for a note of this denomination — most Notgeld at this level went uncredited.