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75 Pfennig Stadtbank
| Issuer | Stadtbank Grünberg in Schlesien |
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| Size | 89 × 60 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central silhouette vignette in black depicts two male figures in a vigorous brawl amid a sparse conifer landscape, with a hat flying off to the right, rendered in a bold woodcut-style graphic against a light ground framed by an arched border. The upper register bears a humorous regional dialect inscription in Gothic script, flanked by references to 'Weinlese' and 'Fröscheln' with the year '1646' centred between them, all within the teal decorative frame. The lower margin carries the place epithet 'Obst- und Weinstadt Grünberg' in large Gothic lettering, with baroque scroll panels bearing '75 Pf.' at each side and the design patent notice 'D.R.G.M. 795679 u. D.R.P. angemeldet.' printed below the outer border. |
| Reverse lettering | Nee so ne infame Tummheet!! Weinlese 1646 Fröscheln Obst- und Weinstadt Grünberg D.R.G.M. 795679 u. D.R.P. angemeldet. |
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Grünberg in Schlesien — now Zielona Góra in western Poland — was a mid-sized Silesian textile and wine-producing town whose Stadtbank issued this 75 Pfennig note as part of the broader Notgeld wave that swept German municipalities during and after the First World War, when coin shortages made small-denomination paper an administrative necessity. The 75 Pfennig denomination itself was somewhat unusual; most Notgeld series concentrated on 25, 50, and 100 Pfennig values, and the choice here suggests the Stadtbank was calibrating to specific local pricing needs.
Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott in Glogau was a well-regarded regional printer with a history of quality commercial lithography throughout Silesia.