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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Paderborn (Magistrat der Stadt Paderborn) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | FÜNFUNDZWANZIG PF. PADERBORN, DEN 10. NOVEMBER 1921. DER MAGISTRAT: ZAHLE GEGEN DIESE PLATZANWEISUNG AUS UNSERM GUTHABEN AN ÜBERBRINGER DIE STADTSPARKASSE PADERBORN GÜLTIG BIS 1 MONAT NACH ÖFFENTL. AUFKÜNDIGUNG Wenn't auk 'ne alle Maude was. An Paderbuorn vorbey te laupen, Denn makt us weinigstens diän Spaß Un dauht düt kleine Scheynken kaupen OFFSETDRUCK GEBR PARCUS MÜNCHEN. |
| Reverse description | Brown offset-printed reverse on cream paper, signed in the design by P. Michels. The central vignette presents a woodcut-style view through a timber-framed archway into the 'Kisau', a historic alleyway in Paderborn, with a half-timbered house visible in the background depth. Large ornamental numerals '25' with baroque scroll flourishes fill the flanking panels on both left and right, while 'FÜNFUNDZWANZIG PF.' runs across the top in bold gothic lettering and the place-name cartouches 'DIE KISAU' and 'PADERBORN' appear at lower left and right respectively. |
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Paderborn's 1921 Notgeld issue came at a moment when municipal governments across Germany were printing emergency small-denomination currency simply because Reichsbank coins had vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or rendered worthless by inflation. The Stadtsparkasse, operating under the city magistrate's authority, contracted Gebrüder Parcus in Munich, a firm that had become one of the most active Notgeld printers of the period, handling commissions from dozens of German municipalities simultaneously.
Designer P. Michels is credited on this issue, though the name appears across several Parcus-printed series and little biographical detail has been firmly established.