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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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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue, green, brown, and black. The central vignette, signed 'W.R. Lippert', shows a detailed street scene of Burg- und Stadt Tost with period timber-framed buildings, trees, and a waterfowl in the foreground pond. The heading 'Burg- und Stadt- Tost' is inscribed in Gothic lettering across the top. Flanking the central scene are two narrow Gothic-arched panels each enclosing a standing medieval figure in costume — a herald at left and a labourer at right — with the denomination numeral '75' in cartouches at the lower corners; the design registration mark 'D.R.G.M. 795679' appears in the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Burg- und- Stadt- Tost 75 75 W.R. Lippert D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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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.