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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Aschersleben |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| In circulation to | 1 March 1922 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed entirely in elaborate Gothic Fraktur calligraphy on a grey-green ground, with the denomination numeral '25' and the abbreviation 'Pf.' rendered in large decorative letterpress on the right side, accented with red and black striping. The text body carries the bearer clause and issuing authority in ornate black script arranged across five lines. At the lower left, a six-digit serial number is printed in a ruled panel, with the validity date 'Gültig bis 1. März 1922' to its right; the designer's name 'Krelle' appears in small print at the base centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed letterpress vignette of the Aschersleben municipal hospital (Krankenhaus), rendered in a black outline style with red colouring applied to the steep multi-gabled roof and the conical turret roof at the centre foreground, all set against a grey-green underprint. Flowering shrubs and a garden fence occupy the lower foreground, and the building's multi-storey façade with arched windows is depicted in careful architectural line work. A ribbon scroll at the foot of the vignette bears the inscription 'Das Krankenhaus' flanked on each side by the denomination '25 PF', enclosed within a double-rule black border. |
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Aschersleben's municipal savings bank issued a substantial run of Notgeld in 1921, part of the broader small-change crisis that gripped Germany as metal coinage disappeared from circulation and the Reichsbank struggled to fill the gap. The Stadtsparkasse — not a commercial bank but a civic savings institution — had the authority and the local trust to make its scrip function in everyday trade.
The designer credit "Krelle" appears across several Aschersleben issues from this period. Whether a local commercial artist or an in-house designer is not firmly established in the literature.