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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Neusalz (Oder) |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#960.1b-2/5 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large horizontal vignette in fine line-engraved style set beneath an arched frame, with orange guilloche roundels at each upper corner bearing the numeral '50'. The scene illustrates the elevation of Neusalz to town status by King Frederick the Great on 20 August 1743, with a central uniformed figure surrounded by townspeople in period costume rendered in precise intaglio line work. A captioned legend in Gothic script below the vignette identifies the historical event, and the printer's registration notice appears in the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Neusalz (Oder) Erhebung von Neusalz zur Stadt durch König Friedrich den Großen am 20. August 1743. D.R.G.M. 795679 u. D.R.P. angemeldet |
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Neusalz an der Oder — now Nowa Sól in western Poland — was a Silesian textile town whose municipal savings bank issued notgeld during the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany from around 1916 onward. Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott in nearby Glogau was one of the more active regional printers for Silesian emergency currency, supplying multiple municipalities across the province rather than the better-known Berlin or Leipzig houses.
The reference suffix "1b-2/5" suggests this falls within a sub-variant grouping, likely differentiated by serial range or a minor typographic adjustment rather than a plate change.