50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (valley)
Notgeld der Stadt Freiburg i. Schles.
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This copy
- Accession
- OM-00852
- Series year
- 1921
- Actually issued
- 1921
- Signatures
- This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.
- Grade
- UNC (IBNS)
Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.
- Estimated value
- $10 indicative
Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-24.
- Dimensions
- 93.7 × 65.2 mm (±1.9, from the scan)
- Themes
- NotgeldSerienscheinWeimar RepublicSilesiaLandscape
The type
- Type
- 50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (valley)
- Printer
- Grube & Schneider, Freiburg i. Schl.
- Rarity
- common
Symbology
- Valley with a distant town
- A landscape of the hilly country around Freiburg, part of the set's run of local views.
- Wohlauf die Luft geht frisch und rein
- "Up and away, the air is fresh and pure", the open-air motto matched to the valley scene.
What was happening
By 1921 Notgeld had turned from wartime necessity into a collectors' market. Towns, firms and clubs commissioned lithographed Serienscheine - sets printed far beyond local need and illustrated with whatever a place was proud of.
Freiburg in Schlesien - today Świebodzice in south-western Poland - is a small Lower Silesian cloth and weaving town below Schloss Fürstenstein (Książ), set in the hilly country at the foot of the Waldenburg (Wałbrzych) uplands. Its 50-Pfennig notes share a front showing the two-towered town skyline, while each back carries a scene with a motto. The set was printed by Grube & Schneider of Freiburg in September 1921.
The back of this note shows a valley landscape with a distant town, under the motto Wohlauf die Luft geht frisch und rein ("up and away, the air is fresh and pure") - a line evoking the walking country around Freiburg and Fürstenstein. Its sister notes are [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-burg-eingang]], [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-fuerstenstein]] and [[notgeld-freiburg-schlesien-50-pfennig-burghof]].
This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 50 Pfennig, Stadt Freiburg in Schlesien, 1921 (valley) in the collection.
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