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50 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse Bad Elster |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 88.9 × 63.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | The note is laid out in a triptych format with a dominant blue central panel flanked by two narrower side panels in ochre and blue, each bearing the numeral '50' in white within an octagonal cartouche above a vignette of a spa fountain basin set against dark foliage. The central panel carries the issuer's name 'DIE SPARKASSE BAD ELSTER' at the top, beneath which a circular vignette presents a magpie (the Elster, a play on the town's name) perched on a bowl, rendered in a fine illustrative style. Below the vignette, the payment obligation text and denomination 'FÜNFZIG PFENNIG' are inscribed in bold Gothic lettering, with the account designation 'Konto A', locality name 'BAD ELSTER', and serial number printed in a lower register. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIE SPARKASSE BAD ELSTER ZAHLE GEGEN DIESEN SCHECK AUS MEINEM GUTHABEN AN DEN INHABER FÜNFZIG PFENNIG Konto A BAD ELSTER FLEMMING · WISKOTT AG GLOGAU |
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Bad Elster was a spa town in the Vogtland region of Saxony, and its Sparkasse — a municipal savings bank, not a central authority — had no statutory right to issue currency. It did so anyway, along with thousands of other local institutions during the Weimar inflation emergency of 1921–23, when Reichsbank notes were depreciating faster than they could be printed and small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. These Notgeld issues filled a real transactional gap.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were prolific printers of Notgeld for Saxon and Silesian issuers throughout this period, producing high volumes on short schedules.