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25 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse des Mansfelder Seekreises |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Olive-green notgeld note with a central vignette of two allegorical figures flanking a tablet bearing a moral inscription, set against a lightly printed foliate underprint. The denomination numeral '25' appears in circular cartouches at both left and right. The issuer's name in Gothic blackletter script occupies the central band, with the place and date of issue — Eisleben, den 14. Dezember 1920 — and the authorization line 'Der Kreisausschuß' printed below, followed by a manuscript facsimile signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig zahlen die Sparkassen des Mansfelder Seekreises dem Einseserer dieses Scheines. Eisleben, den 14. Dezember 1920 · Der Kreisausschuß Solang' das Geld hat solchen Wert, Kein Mensch sich ehrlich mehr ernährt |
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Mansfeld Seekreis was one of the smaller administrative districts carved out of Prussian Saxony, centered on the copper-mining region around the Süßer See. This 25 Pfennig Sparkasse note belongs to the wave of municipal and savings-bank notgeld that flooded Germany in 1920, when chronic small-coin shortages — exacerbated by hoarding and the melting of older coinage — forced local institutions to issue their own emergency fractions. Savings banks (Sparkassen) were among the more trusted issuers in this period, which likely aided acceptance at local businesses.
The Grabowski and Vanhofer references point to a specific paper variety within the M6 type, suggesting at least one printing or paper distinction exists within the issue.