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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Kitzingen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a crenellated town gate within a ruled frame; corner numerals 1 mark the denomination. Issuer name and town inscription appear in the upper and lower panels respectively. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 Städt. Sparkasse 1 PFENNIG Kitzingen a. M. 1 |
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Kitzingen's municipal savings bank issued this fractional Notgeld during the acute small-change crisis of 1920, when coin metal was being hoarded and the Reichsbank could not keep low denominations in circulation. At 46 × 41 mm, this is among the smallest paper currency formats produced during the German inflation period — barely larger than a postage stamp, which created real handling problems and likely contributed to its rapid attrition in everyday use.
Surviving examples in clean condition are disproportionately rare for such a low face value, simply because most were discarded or lost rather than saved.