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25 Pfennige
| Issuer | Die Stadtsparkasse, Bodenwerder |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gut für 25 Pfennige bis 1. Januar 1922 Bodenwerder, 1 Dez. 1919 Die Stadtsparkasse 25 P. SELMAR BAYER BERLIN SO 36 |
| Reverse description | A decorative border frames the reverse, with the heading "Gutschein über 25 Pfennige" at the top. The central field encloses a four-line rhyming German verse, printed within a rectangular frame, entreating the bearer to handle the note with care. Below the verse, "Sparkasse" appears to the left and "Bodenwerder" to the right, flanking a blank space designated for the serial number. |
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Bodenwerder's Stadtsparkasse issued this Notgeld note during the severe small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the immediate postwar period. Municipal savings banks across the country stepped in to fill the vacuum left by withdrawn metal coinage, and this is a product of exactly that scramble — local institutions issuing fractional denominations that the Reichsbank had no interest in printing.
Selmar Bayer was a Berlin-based printer active in the Notgeld trade, producing runs for numerous small municipalities. The 25-Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly needed for everyday transactions at the time.