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20 Pfennig Kreissparkasse Herzberg
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Herzberg (Elster), Kreis Schweinitz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Designer(s) | Hans Spielmann |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld des Kreises Schweinitz 20 Pf Jessen Ausgabe- und Einlösungsstelle: Kreissparkasse in Herzberg (Elster) Herzberg, 6. 21. Der Kreisausschuss |
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| Reverse lettering | Wie des Mönchs Feder bis Rom reichte durch das Ohr eines Löwen ging und des Papstes dreifache Kron ins Wanken brachte 20 Pf |
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Kreis Schweinitz was a rural Prussian district in what is now southern Saxony-Anhalt, and its savings institution — the Kreissparkasse Herzberg — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany through the early Weimar years. Municipal and district-level bodies across the country were printing their own Kleingeldersatz at this point, filling a gap the Reichsbank simply could not close fast enough in denominations this low.
Hans Spielmann was a Leipzig-based graphic artist active in Notgeld design during this period, responsible for commissions from several regional issuers in central Germany.