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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Freienwalde in Pommern (City of Freienwalde in Pommern) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a scenic Art Nouveau composition in salmon, blue-grey, and black. A central panoramic vignette shows a view of Freienwalde with a Gothic church tower rising above the townscape, set against a warm salmon sky. Flanking the scene are two large putti supporting garlands of fruit and foliage in a baroque manner. Below the townscape, the city's heraldic shield — divided per pale red and gold with symbolic charges — is set within a scrollwork cartouche. The denomination numeral '75' appears in red within a decorative frame at the top centre, and the printer's name 'Görlitzer Nachrichten & Anzeiger' is lettered in the lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | NOTSCHEIN DER STADT 75 FREIENWALDE i. Pomm. 1920 Görlitzer Nachrichten & Anzeiger |
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Freienwalde in Pommern — not to be confused with Bad Freienwalde in Brandenburg — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation. Municipal and commercial Notgeld of this period was often farmed out to regional newspaper printers, who had the lithographic equipment and local contracts to produce short runs quickly. The Görlitzer Nachrichten und Anzeiger was one such operation, handling Notgeld commissions across Silesia and Pomerania in 1920 and 1921.
The designer credit to Robert Koch is notable — uncommon for Notgeld of this denomination, where artistic attribution was rarely recorded.