25 Pfennig

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.