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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Rietberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld with a large circular vignette at left, reproducing an antique coin or seal bearing heraldic lions and Gothic lettering around the circumference. To the right, the denomination '25 Pf.' is printed in bold red and black letterpress, above six lines of Low German dialect verse. At the lower margin, the redemption clause names the Sparkasse der Stadt Rietberg, dated Rietberg, 12. Mai 1921, with a manuscript signature of the Stadtvorsteher (mayor). |
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| Reverse lettering | 25 pf. Rietberg, i.W., von Osten gesehen. W. 1921. |
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Rietberg is a small Westphalian town — population well under ten thousand in the early 1920s — and its municipal savings bank issuing emergency currency places this squarely in the Kleingeldscheine phase of German notgeld, when coin shortages and postwar economic disruption pushed even minor institutions into the printing business. Ad. Essich & Co. of Oldenburg handled a large volume of these small-denomination commissions from provincial issuers across northern and western Germany, working quickly and cheaply to meet demand.
The DeNG reference suffix range 1/5 indicates this is one of five notes in the series, all sharing the same printer and issue date.