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50 Pfennig - Münsterberg
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Münsterberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely epigraphic, displaying an advertising inscription in multiple lines across the field in bold sans-serif lettering, framed by an outer pearl (beaded) rim. The text reads WERTSACHEN / SICHERE / MAN GEGEN, separated by a horizontal row of dashes, followed by EINBRUCHS / DIEBSTAHL in large prominent lettering, then another dashed rule, and continuing DURCH VERWAHRUNG / IN UNSERER, with STAHLKAMMER arching along the lower border. The inscription urges holders to secure their valuables against burglary and theft by storing them in the bank's steel vault. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Münsterberg — now Ziębice in southwestern Poland — issued this aluminum notgeld through its municipal savings bank during the inflationary crisis that followed Germany's defeat in WWI. Small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation by 1921 as metal hoarding and rising prices made even pfennig pieces economically irrational to spend. Municipal and commercial issuers across Silesia filled the gap with locally produced emergency pieces, most struck in aluminum or zinc precisely because those metals held no meaningful melt value.
The Funck catalogue remains the primary reference for Silesian notgeld coinage; the 351.9a designation places this among a documented series from the Sparkasse rather than a private commercial issue.