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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Stolp |
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| Printer | Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G., Glogau, Poland |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in a yellow and black border with a central vignette of the municipal coat of arms of Stolp, consisting of a red griffin passant above a shield divided by wavy blue and white horizontal bars. To the left, a pink panel bears the Gothic-script inscription naming the Städtische Sparkasse and the city of Stolp i. Pommern; to the right, a corresponding panel carries the denomination in Gothic lettering and the issuing place. The serial number and account designation 'Konto B' appear at the lower left and right respectively, with the printer's imprint along the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a colour vignette of the Neue Tor (New Gate) of Stolp, rendered in a vibrant letterpress style with the brick gate tower centred against a background of radiating sunrays and flanking street architecture. The denomination '50 Pfennig' appears in bold numerals within pink panels at the upper left and upper right corners, above green panels bearing a two-part German verse inscription in Gothic script. A registration number appears along the lower margin. |
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Städtische Sparkasse Stolp was the municipal savings bank of Stolp, a mid-sized Pomeranian town that — like hundreds of German communities — resorted to issuing its own emergency fractional currency during the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany from 1916 onward. This type of locally-issued Kleingeldscheine filled the gap left by hoarded metal coinage, circulating only within the issuing municipality and redeemable in theory at the local savings bank counter.
Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G. was based in Glogau, Silesia — not Poland, despite the modern administrative classification of that city as Głogów.