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25 Pfennig Amtssparkasse
| Issuer | Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz, Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Issued on an ochre-toned paper ground with a fine guilloche underprint, the obverse carries the issuer's title "Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz, Osterholz-Scharmbeck" in bold Gothic letterpress at the top, flanked by two arched red motto inscriptions. The denomination "fünfundzwanzig Pfennig" is set in large blackletter script across the centre, with the numeral "25" in red within starburst cartouches at lower left and right. Below the denomination, a validity clause names the Kreisblatt für den Kreis Osterholz and other publications, followed by the date "31. Mai 1921", a serial letter and number, a circular issuer's stamp at lower left, and two manuscript signatures above the legend "Der Vorstand:". |
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| Obverse lettering | Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz, Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Notgeldschein über fünfundzwanzig Pfennig 25 Was man erschafft mit fleißigen Händen Soll man mehren und nicht verschwenden. Dieser Notgeldschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 2 Monate nach erfolgter Aufkündigung in dem Kreisblatt für den Kreis Osterholz, den Bremer Nachrichten und der deutschen Sparkassenzeitung "Die Sparkasse", Hannover. Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz 31. Mai 1921. Der Vorstand: Druck v. Casten & Suhling, Bremen. |
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Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz was a district savings institution — the kind of body that would not normally issue currency, but the coin shortages of the early Weimar inflation years forced precisely these improvised arrangements across hundreds of German municipalities. The 1921 date places this squarely in the Kleingeldersatz phase, before hyperinflation made even small-denomination notgeld economically irrelevant.
Casten & Suhling of Bremen handled a considerable volume of regional notgeld printing for Lower Saxony issuers during this period, which partly explains the consistency in paper stock and typography seen across notes from this corner of northwestern Germany.