NEW BOOK: 1920 UPPER SILESIAN EMERGENCY MONEY

Wieslaw M. Pawlowski:
Pieniadz Zastepczy na Warmii, Mazurach i Powislu w Roku Plebiscytowym 1920

144 pages, illustrated throughout in color,
Format 165 mm x 240 mm, hardcover with thread binding, Lublin 2023,
Price: 35.00 euros.
ISBN 978-83-945629-8-4.

The book title is translated as Replacement money in Warmia, Masuria and West Prussia in the plebiscite year 1920. The author, who has already become known to us through his catalog about the Upper Silesian emergency money, presents another work on German-Polish notaphilia with the new catalog.

A short introductory text explains what the vote in East Prussia was all about. The banknotes from 19 municipalities as well as a coin issue will be presented.

Although the book was written in Polish, you do not need any knowledge of the Polish language or a dictionary to work with it. For each place of issue, the German community name is given first and then the current Polish one.

All emergency banknotes are presented according to the same scheme. The procedure will be demonstrated using the example of number 01 Allenstein/Olsztyn. First, the 10 and 50 Pfennig notes including variants are shown. The magistrate is named as the issuer, followed by the issue date 04/1/1921, the name of the artist Paul Tusche and the printing company Flemming – Wiskott AG Glogau, then the size of the note and the watermark – with an image – of the paper used. Differences in the size of the key figures are then indicated. Then follows a concordance list with the corresponding catalog numbers for Funk, Grabowski, Grzywocz, Kapinski, Keller, Menzel, Podczaski, Silkorski, Suchanek, Tieste and PUZ. The series designed by Heinz Schiestl is also presented.

So that non-Polish-speaking users of the book can also get along easily, the author has presented the information given in pictures. A map of the voting area with the issuing locations completes the display. After the catalog section, the German banknote texts will be translated into Polish. Postcard images, images of voting stamps and information about the signatories of the stamps complete the catalog section. In the appendix you will find an extensive bibliography.

The author has refrained from evaluating the vouchers - these are usually serial vouchers. However, this does not diminish the good overall impression of the work.

The book was printed on high quality paper. All notes and coins are shown in color and are of very good quality.

You can tell from the book that it was written with great attention to detail. The catalog is recommended to every collector of German emergency money. With a circulation of only 750 copies, the catalog will certainly be sold out quickly. It can be obtained directly from the author, email: notgeld-wmp@wp.pl.

To read the complete article, see:
Neuer Katalog zu deutschen Abstimmungsscheinen im heutigen Polen (https://www.geldscheine-online.com/post/neuer-katalog-zu-deutschen-abstimmungsscheinen-im-heutigen-polen)

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