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75 Pfennigs Gleiwitz, Oberschlesischer Kulturverband
| Issuer | Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, Gleiwitz |
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| Designer(s) | W.R. Lippert |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue, grey, and black on pale paper. The central vignette presents a silhouette of Burg Tost castle against a stylised sky with a bare tree, inscribed below with the Gothic-script legend 'Burg Tost'. Flanking the castle are two ornate blue and grey foliate scroll panels each enclosing a stylised floral motif, with the upper corners bearing the inscriptions 'Ein Sinnbild' (left) and 'oberschlesischer Kultur' (right). The lower portion carries a cursive payment text, the denomination 'Fünfundsiebzig Pfennig' in Gothic lettering, the issuing authority, account designation 'Konto C' at lower left, and a serial number at lower right; the printer's imprint 'Flemming - Wiskott - A.-G. - Glogau' appears in the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ein Sinnbild oberschlesischer Kultur Burg Tost Die Bank für Handel u. Industrie, Niederl. Gleiwitz zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus unserm Guthaben an den Inhaber Fünfundsiebzig Pfennig Oberschlesischer Kulturverband Gleiwitz, den Konto C FLEMMING · WISKOTT · A.-G. · GLOGAU |
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Gleiwitz — now Gliwice in Poland — was at the center of the 1921 Upper Silesian plebiscite, one of the most contested territorial votes of the post-WWI settlement. This notgeld was issued by the Oberschlesischer Kulturverband, a cultural-political organization actively campaigning to keep Upper Silesia within Germany. The 75 Pfennig denomination is typical of the period's emergency coinage substitutes, but the issuing body gives it a sharper edge: this is propaganda money, not merely a coin shortage stopgap.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were prolific notgeld printers, and W.R. Lippert's design credit is uncommon enough to be worth noting — named designers appear on relatively few pieces in this class.