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2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Soest |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02) |
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| Obverse lettering | DIESER GUTSCHEIN IST IM UMLAUF IN SOEST PFG. ER VERLIERT SEINE GÜLTIGKEIT 3 MONATE NACH ÖFFENTLICHER BEKANNTMACHUNG SOEST, DEN 1. MAI 1920 DER MAGISTRAT: |
| Reverse description | Orange and dark brown note with denomination numeral '2' in toothed circular frames at each corner. The centre is occupied by a large oval vignette rendered in fine letterpress, showing a rural house surrounded by trees, identified by the inscription '1820 – PIEPER'S STAMMHAUS – 1920' arching above the oval, commemorating the centenary of the establishment. The printer's imprint 'EDLER & KRISCHE, HANNOVER.' appears in the bottom margin. |
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Soest's municipal notgeld was produced during the acute small-change crisis that followed World War One, when hoarding of metal coinage left German towns functionally unable to make change. Edler & Krische were among Hannover's more prolific notgeld printers of the period, supplying dozens of municipal clients across Lower Saxony and Westphalia simultaneously — which is part of why these issues varied so little in physical character from one town to the next.
The S81.1b suffix in the DeNG reference indicates a recognized variant within the Soest 2 Pfennig type, most likely differentiated by a minor typographic or color detail rather than a fundamental plate change.