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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Osterfeld in Westfalen (City of Osterfeld in Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 105 × 85 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black, green, and red on white paper, with a dark outer border enclosing symmetrical Art Deco side panels bearing diamond-shaped vignettes with geometric hatching and stylized red-and-green angular motifs, with the denomination numeral '25' in large cursive script at each lateral margin above and below the word 'PFENNIG'. The central text panel, set against a fine guilloche underprint, carries the payment promise in Gothic script: 'Die Stadtsparkasse zahle aus unserem Guthaben, an Überbringer gegen diese Platzanweisung 25 Pfennig. Gültig bis 1 Monat nach öffentlichem Aufruf. Osterfeld in Westf. den 15. Dez. 1921. Der Bürgermeister.' A handwritten mayoral signature (Kellinger) appears below, accompanied by a circular red official seal of the Stadt Osterfeld i/W bearing an eagle arms. The designer's name 'JOSEF DOMINICUS PADERBORN' is lettered in small capitals along the upper inner border of the central panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT · OSTERFELD I/W. PFENNIG 25 JOSEF · DOMINICUS · PADERBORN Die Stadtsparkasse zahle aus unserem Guthaben, an Überbringer gegen diese Platzanweisung 25 Pfennig. Gültig bis 1 Monat nach öffentlichem Aufruf. Osterfeld in Westf. den 15. Dez. 1921. Der Bürgermeister. DIE · SAGE · VON · BURG · VONDERN · |
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Osterfeld — a small industrial town in the Ruhr, absorbed into Oberhausen in 1929 — issued this Notgeld piece during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation. Municipal authorities across Westphalia turned to local and regional printers en masse in 1921, but Osterfeld's choice of Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover, a serious commercial printing house with deep roots in quality trade work, was a cut above the typical Gemeinde scrip of the period.
Josef Dominicus of Paderborn handled the design — his name appears on a number of Westphalian Notgeld issues from this period, suggesting a regional working relationship with municipal clients rather than a one-off commission.