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25 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Nienburg (Weser), Magistrat |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain paper and carries a multi-line redemption text in Gothic Fraktur script, stating that the Kämmereikasse of Nienburg will pay the bearer 25 Pfennig against surrender of this voucher, with a validity clause specifying expiry three months after official withdrawal from circulation. A vertically oriented perforated counterfoil strip affixed to the centre of the note bears red-printed numerical values, suggesting this note was issued as part of a bound booklet. |
| Reverse lettering | Gegen Ablieferung dieses Gutscheins zahlt die Kämmereikasse Nienburg den Betrag von 25 Pfennig. Der Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er binnen drei Monaten nach erfolgter Einlösung eingelöst wird. |
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Nienburg an der Weser was one of hundreds of German municipalities that issued Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitute currency — during the acute coin shortage that followed the First World War. The Magistrat, like its counterparts across Lower Saxony, stepped in when hoarding and metal drives had stripped copper and nickel from everyday commerce entirely.
These municipal Notgeld issues were printed in such quantities, and collected so aggressively from the very moment of issue, that many never circulated at all. The collector trade was well-organized by 1920 and towns occasionally issued deliberate series to exploit that demand — whether Nienburg was one of them is not established by the surviving record.