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25 Pfennig Städtische Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Soest (City Savings Bank of Soest, Prussian Province of Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Printer | Edler & Krische, Hannover, Germany |
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| Reverse description | Vertical-format reverse printed in black on the same tricolor grey, white, and green striped underprint, with the denomination '25' in each corner. A central oval vignette presents a detailed letterpress view of a medieval city gate tower of Soest, rendered in fine line engraving with hatching to suggest stonework and sky; the oval is bordered by a circular legend in the Westphalian Low German dialect. The printer's imprint 'EDLER & KRISCHE HANNOVER' appears in small type at the very foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | FUIF PÄNNIGE BRÜCNE STIUTEN UN FUÖR TWOI PÄNNIGE PAPUIER UN DAT ANNERE GELD WUIR FUÖR 25 25 25 25 |
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Soest's municipal savings bank joined the flood of small-denomination Notgeld issuers in 1919, when the German Reich's coin shortage — driven by wartime hoarding and the collapse of metallic currency confidence — forced local institutions to print their own emergency fractional notes. Edler & Krische of Hannover were among the more prolific provincial Notgeld printers of the period, supplying dozens of Westphalian municipalities during this window.
The 25 Pfennig denomination was among the most commonly issued precisely because it filled the gap left by the vanished 10- and 25-Pfennig coins.