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1 Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Soest (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 65 × 31 mm |
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| Obverse description | Red and black letterpress notgeld on pale paper, with a black gear-wheel vignette at left and right flanking the large bold denomination numeral '1' and the text 'SOEST' in oversized capitals at centre. A wavy-line underprint panel appears at lower left and right corners. The central field carries the validity clause and issuance date 'SOEST, den 1. Mai 1920', below which two manuscript signatures appear above the legend 'DER MAGISTRAT:'. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 Pfg. EDLER & KRISCHE, HANNOVER. |
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Soest's 1920 Pfennig notgeld came out of the same postwar coin shortage that pushed hundreds of German municipalities into emergency paper production. Edler & Krische of Hanover were among the more prolific small-denomination notgeld printers of the period, supplying multiple Westphalian towns simultaneously — which occasionally makes attribution tricky when notes lack clear municipal identifiers.
At this size and denomination, survival rates are deceptively low. Shopkeepers used these constantly, and few people thought to save them.