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50 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Greiffenberg in Schlesien |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 93 × 64 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely engraved central pictorial vignette of the Greiffenberg townscape viewed through a sweeping arch supported by two rampant griffin sculptures on stone plinths, a reference to the city's heraldic name. The denomination numeral '50' is placed at the apex of the arch, with the artist's signature 'HANS GLODAUER' inscribed at the lower right of the vignette. The bold letterpress inscription 'GREIFFENBERG IN SCHLESIEN' occupies the lower panel, with the printer's imprint 'FLEMMING · WISKOTT A.-G. GLOGAU' in small type beneath. |
| Reverse lettering | GREIFFENBERG IN SCHLESIEN 50 HANS GLODAUER FLEMMING · WISKOTT A.-G. GLOGAU |
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Greiffenberg in Silesia — now Gryfów Śląski in Poland — was a small textile town, and its municipal savings bank was among hundreds of German local institutions that issued Notgeld during the inflationary turbulence of 1920, filling the gap left by a chronic shortage of official small-denomination coins. Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott in Glogau was a well-regarded regional press with a long history of commercial printing in Silesia, and Hans Glodauer's involvement suggests a deliberate effort at local artistic commission rather than a stock design.
Greiffenberg itself was transferred to Polish administration following World War II under the Potsdam Agreement.