Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Freienwalde in Pommern |
|---|---|
| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Yellow-ochre underprint with a red and black outer border. To the left, the municipal coat of arms of Freienwalde in Pommern — a quartered shield with a stylised flower and a mill wheel, topped by a tournament helm with mantling — rendered in red, black, and gold. The town name 'Freienwalde' is set in large Gothic blackletter script at centre, followed by 'in Pom.', with the heading 'Notschein der Stadt' above. A boxed denomination '50 Pfennig' appears at upper right. Below, a two-line validity clause in cursive script and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' are printed, accompanied by a manuscript signature and a serial number at lower centre. The printer's imprint 'Görlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger' and the artist's name 'Robert Koch' appear in small type at the lower margin. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Notschein der Stadt Freienwalde in Pom. 50 Pfennig Der Notschein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung Der Magistrat Robert Koch. Görlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Freienwalde in Pommern — not to be confused with Bad Freienwalde in Brandenburg — issued this Notgeld during the inflationary spiral of 1922, when municipal authorities across Germany were forced to print their own small-denomination scrip to cover the chronic shortage of circulating coin. The Görlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger was a regional newspaper publisher that took on Notgeld printing contracts as a commercial sideline, a common arrangement when specialist security printers were overwhelmed with demand.
The designer credit to Robert Koch is worth noting — likely a local commercial artist rather than a trained engraver, which was entirely typical of provincial Notgeld commissions at this point in the inflation.