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25 Pfennig Fleckenssparkasse
| Issuer | Fleckenssparkasse Horneburg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Yellow and multicolour Notgeld voucher with a decorative border of interlocking geometric elements. The left half bears a heraldic shield vignette displaying a crenellated tower on a yellow and blue field with radiating lines in the background, while the right half contains the denomination in Gothic blackletter script alongside validity text dated Horneburg, 1. Mai 1921 and signed by Der Sparkassenvorstand. The denomination numeral '25' appears in red-framed cartouches at both upper corners beneath the bold letterpress heading 'GUTSCHEIN', with the issuer's name 'Fleckenssparkasse Horneburg Unter-Elbe' in large Gothic script across the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN 25 Geesthaus Fleckenssparkasse Horneburg Unter-Elbe |
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Horneburg is a small market settlement — a Flecken, not a full town — in Lower Saxony, and its savings bank had no business issuing currency under normal circumstances. It did so in 1921 because the Weimar government couldn't produce small-denomination coins fast enough to meet demand. The resulting Notgeld wave licensed thousands of local institutions, including minor savings banks like this one, to fill the gap.
Gebrüder Jänecke was a respected Hannover printing house with genuine security printing experience. The watermarked paper on a note this small was not cosmetic — counterfeiting of local Notgeld was a real problem by 1921, particularly in issues below 50 Pfennig.