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1 Pfennig Erzgebirgische Bank
| Issuer | Erzgebirgische Bank, Schneeberg-Neustädtel |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Blue on light paper. The note is framed by a decorative border of small diamond-shaped ornaments. The denomination '1 EINEN PFENNIG 1' is printed in large bold letterpress type at centre, flanked by the numeral '1' on each side. Above the denomination, the legend 'Wir zahlen gegen diesen Scheck an Überbringer' appears in two lines; below, the issuer name 'Erzgebirgische Bank Schneeberg-Neustädtel' is inscribed, followed by 'Eingetragene Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftpflicht'. Two manuscript signatures appear at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Blue on light paper, with a decorative border of diamond-shaped ornaments matching the obverse. The denomination 'EIN' appears at the top and 'PFENNIG' at the bottom in bold letterpress type, with the numeral '1' at left and right centre. At the centre of the note, the civic coat of arms of Schneeberg is rendered as a detailed heraldic vignette, with two armoured figures as supporters flanking a shield, each holding a miner's implement, with additional heraldic devices at the base. |
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Schneeberg-Neustädtel was a twin mining town in Saxony whose silver deposits had been exhausted for centuries by 1918, but whose name still carried industrial weight. This note was issued under the emergency currency (Notgeld) provisions that proliferated across German municipalities during the final year of the war, when coin shortages made even one-pfennig denominations worth printing.
At 42 × 40 mm, it is nearly square — an unusual format even among the chaotic variety of wartime Notgeld issues. The Erzgebirgische Bank itself was a regional savings institution, not a major commercial bank, which makes survival rates for its small-denomination issues genuinely low.