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50 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Bielschowitz (Silesia), Municipality of |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Printer | J. P. Himmer (Himmer GmbH Druckerei & Verlag), Augsburg, Germany (1842) |
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| Obverse lettering | Bielschowitz, Kreis Hindenburg. 50 Gutschein 50 über fünfzig Pfennige. Die Einwechselung dieses Scheines erfolgt bis zum 31. Dezember 1917 durch die hiesige Gemeindekasse. Der Gemeindevorstand. J. P. Himmer, Augsburg. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing only the plain red-tinted paper stock with a subtle woven texture visible across the entire surface, uniform in colour and devoid of any text, vignette, or decorative element. |
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Bielschowitz was a small industrial commune in Upper Silesia, its economy anchored to coal mining and the Ballestrem family estates. This note belongs to the first wave of municipal Kleingeldersatz issued in 1917, when the wartime hoarding of metal coinage — driven by both military procurement and civilian anxiety — had stripped small denominations almost entirely from daily commerce. Municipalities across Germany were left to print their own solutions.
J. P. Himmer in Augsburg was a logical choice for smaller Silesian municipalities lacking local print capacity. The firm handled a substantial volume of Notgeld contracts during this period.