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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg (City Treasury of Hohenfriedeberg) |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 Pf. Die Stadthauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinen Guthaben. an den Inhaber Fünfzig Pfennig Konto 3B Hohenfriedeberg der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in dark purple-black and ochre tones with an ornate scrollwork frame incorporating foliate corner motifs and vertical rule borders. The central vignette occupies nearly the full field and presents a detailed battle scene — the Battle of Hohenfriedeberg of 5 June 1745 — with Prussian cavalry bearing regimental standards advancing over fallen enemy soldiers in a sweeping panoramic composition. Denomination roundels in purple bearing the numeral '50' are placed at upper left and upper right within the decorative surround. A purple panel at the lower margin carries the inscription 'Hohenfriedeberg 5. Juni 1745' in Gothic script flanked by laurel sprigs. |
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Hohenfriedeberg — now Dobromierz in southwestern Poland — was a small Silesian town whose name was permanently attached to Frederick the Great's decisive 1745 victory over the Austrian and Saxon forces. The town's treasury issued this Notgeld during the post-WWI currency chaos, when municipal and private issuers across Germany flooded the market with small-denomination emergency scrip to compensate for a catastrophic shortage of coin.
Silesian Notgeld from minor municipalities is disproportionately scarce today, largely because the region changed hands after 1945 and local collections were dispersed or destroyed during the expulsion of the German population.