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50 Pfennig Gleiwitz, Oberschlesischer Kulturverband
| Issuer | Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, Gleiwitz |
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| Value | 50 Pfennigs (50 Pfennige) (0.50) |
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| Obverse description | Multicolored notgeld in blue, black, and grey tones. The central vignette presents a silhouette of Burg Tost castle against a white cloud underprint, below which a curved cartouche carries the payment text in Gothic script naming the Bank für Handel und Industrie, Niederlassung Gleiwitz, with the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' in bold blackletter. Flanking decorative side panels in blue display stylised floral and bellflower motifs, with the account reference 'Konto E' at lower left and the serial number at lower right; the printer's imprint 'Flemming-Wiskott-A.-G.-Glogau' appears in the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Burg und Stadt Tost / 50 / 50 / D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Gleiwitz occupied an uncomfortable position during the Upper Silesian plebiscite period of 1920–1921, when the entire region's political future hung on an internationally supervised vote. The Oberschlesischer Kulturverband — an ethnically German cultural organization — issued this Notgeld as part of a broader effort to assert German identity and institutional presence during that fraught interval. It was political currency in a very literal sense.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled a substantial volume of Silesian Notgeld printing during this period, and the engraver credit to Flemming within the same firm suggests in-house plate work rather than a contracted artist.