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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Osnabrück (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921-1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Multicolour notgeld printed in orange, blue, red, and black, with dense geometric guilloche panels filling the four corners as underprint. At centre, a circular vignette contains the Osnabrück civic coat of arms flanked by two standing male figures in an Art Nouveau letterpress style; the denomination numeral '25' appears in dark blue on orange roundels to left and right of the central vignette. Circular legends in Gothic script surround the coat of arms, giving the issuing authority, redemption terms, and date of issue. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Osnabrück Dieser Gutschein wird durch die Stadthaupt-kasse eingelöst Die Osnabrück, im Juli 1921 Der Magistrat Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Ankündigung |
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Osnabrück's municipal notgeld from this period falls within the vast wave of small-denomination Kleingeldersatz issued across German cities and towns as the Reichsbank struggled to keep fractional coinage in circulation. By 1921, hoarding and metal shortages had stripped pfennig coins from everyday commerce almost entirely, forcing magistrates at the local level to print their own substitutes. Osnabrück was neither early nor late to this — the timing was typical of mid-sized Westphalian administrative centers.
Three known varieties exist within this reference grouping, distinguished by serial or printing differences rather than design changes.