Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
25 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse zu Bochum |
|---|---|
| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld on white paper with a scalloped guilloche border. The denomination '25 PFENNIG 25' is set in large bold type across the centre, flanked by vertical serial numbers; the circular seal of the Städtische Sparkasse Bochum appears at lower left. A manuscript signature and the date 'Bochum, den 25. März 1917' appear in the lower half. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Bochum's municipal savings bank issued this Notgeld piece in 1917, when the Reichsbank's coin requisition drives had stripped small-denomination coinage from everyday commerce almost entirely. Municipalities, utilities, and local businesses across Germany filled the gap themselves — the result was thousands of distinct small-value paper issues, each legally valid only within the issuing jurisdiction.
The watermark is worth noting: most Notgeld of this period used whatever paper stock was available, and a watermarked sheet suggests either advance planning or access to quality paper that many comparable issuers simply lacked in the middle years of the war.