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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Oschersleben (Bode) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on a tan ground and carries a bold banner reading STADT · GELD across the top, flanked by decorative foliate scrollwork and a central municipal coat of arms. The denomination numeral 25 appears in circular guilloche cartouches at left and right, while a central text panel states the redemption conditions, the issuing authority Oschersleben (Bode), the date 1. März 1921, and the legend Der Magistrat above two manuscript signatures. The lower border bears the inscription STADT OSCHERSLEBEN (BODE) in bold letterpress type. |
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| Reverse lettering | STADT OSCHERSLEBEN (BODE) FÜNFUNDZWANZIG PFENNIG 25 FABER, MAGDEBURG |
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Oschersleben's 1921 notgeld issue was one of hundreds produced by German municipalities during the coin shortage that followed the First World War. Small-denomination paper substitutes like this filled the gap left by hoarded metal coinage — a chronic problem from 1916 onward that persisted well into the stabilization period. Faber of Magdeburg was a regional workhorse printer for Saxony-area notgeld, handling volume municipal contracts efficiently rather than producing the elaborate collector-targeted series that some towns commissioned purely for philatelic revenue.