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50 Pfennig - Neisse Kreuzkirche
| Issuer | Stadt Neisse (City of Neisse, Silesia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Within a double pearl border, the large numeral '50' occupies the central field, with the denomination abbreviation 'PFG.' inscribed below in the lower portion of the inner circle. A circular Latin legend reading 'NOTGELD DER STADT NEISSE' runs between the inner and outer pearl rims, flanked by two small floral ornaments at the base, with the date '1921' appearing in the lower segment between those ornaments. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Neisse (now Nysa, Poland) issued this notgeld piece in 1921 as part of the wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded Germany following wartime economic dislocation and acute coin shortages. The Kreuzkirche — the Church of the Holy Cross — was one of Silesia's most architecturally significant Gothic structures, and its appearance on local notgeld reflected the strong civic identity Neisse projected through these issues, knowing collectors would hoard them.
The aluminium composition was essentially forced on municipalities by postwar metal scarcity. Funck 360.3d places this within a closely catalogued series of Neisse issues distinguished by minor die variations.