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20 Pfennig Kreissparkasse Herzberg
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Herzberg (Kreis Schweinitz) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and brown Notgeld on cream paper, dominated by a large central diamond-shaped frame carrying the bold Gothic-script legend 'Kreis Schweinitz Gutschein' around a white oval cartouche with the denomination numeral '20' above 'Pfg.' in heavy relief style. Delicate acanthus scroll underprint fills the cartouche, while two blocks of Gothic text in the upper corners name the issuing and paying offices. The place name 'Herzberg' and the facsimile signature of the Kreisausschuss appear in the lower corners. |
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| Reverse description | Green and brown on cream paper, with the district name 'KREIS SCHWEINITZ' printed vertically along both side borders. A central oval vignette, framed by rococo acanthus scrollwork, shows a woman in traditional peasant dress seated at a spinning wheel. Diamond-shaped corner medallions at left and right each bear the numeral '20', and below the vignette a three-part motto in Gothic script is set across the lower field. |
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Kreissparkasse Herzberg was the savings institution for Kreis Schweinitz, a rural administrative district in the Prussian province of Saxony. This 20 Pfennig note belongs to the Kleingeldscheine — small-denomination notgeld issued at the municipal and district level across Germany during the coin shortages of 1916–1922, when hoarding and metal requisitioning stripped everyday change from circulation entirely.
At 45 × 36 mm, it is among the smallest pieces in the broader notgeld corpus — a practical consequence of printing costs and the trivial face value it represented.