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75 Pfennig

Issuer Grünberg (Lower Silesia), City of
Year 1922
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Size 100 × 70 mm
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Obverse lettering Notgeld der Obst- und Weinstadt Grünberg/Schl. Gültig bis 30 Juni 1922 Der Magistrat
(Translation: Notgeld from the fruit and wine town of Grünberg/Silesia Valid until 30 June 1922 The Magistrate)
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Reverse lettering ANNO DOM. 1659
BACHUS
GRÜNBERG / SCHL.
(Translation: In the year of our Lord 1659 / Bacchus / Grünberg in Silesia)
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Grünberg — now Zielona Góra in western Poland — was a centre of Silesian wine production, an unusual distinction for a German city at this latitude, and the town's notgeld issues from this period reflect considerable local pride in that identity. The 75 Pfennig denomination sits in the middle of a typical municipal emergency issue run, produced as coins remained scarce during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early Weimar period.

The watermarked paper is worth noting — most Kleingeldscheine of comparable municipal origin used plain stock, and the added security feature suggests either a more careful issuing authority or procurement from a higher-grade commercial printer.

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