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50 Pfennigs Landsberg in Oberschlesien
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Landsberg in Oberschlesien |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 92 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette consists of the municipal coat of arms set against a pastoral landscape with green fields, a river, and two decorative border poles marking the scene. The composition is framed by an ornamental border typical of Notgeld issues of the period. Denomination and issuing authority inscriptions are arranged around the central design. |
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| Reverse description | A vignette of the town square is enclosed within an ornamental border, with the city name inscribed along the border surround and the nominal value stated below the central design. The layout follows the standard Notgeld format of the early 1920s, with letterpress text elements complementing the illustrated vignette. |
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Landsberg in Oberschlesien — now Góra Świętej Anny in Poland — issued this note during the plebiscite period that followed the Treaty of Versailles. The March 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, which preceded this note's issue by weeks or months at most, returned a majority for Germany, yet the region was ultimately partitioned by the League of Nations in October 1921. Whether Landsberg anticipated that outcome is unclear, but the town ended up on the German side of the border — for twenty-three years.
Notgeld of this type was often printed in large quantities with little intent to redeem; collector demand was substantial and issuers knew it.