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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Herford (City of Herford) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 68 × 45 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in green on pale green paper, the obverse is a typeset notgeld voucher with a rectangular border decorated with oak leaf and acorn ornaments at each corner. The heading reads 'Stadt Herford' within a cartouche, followed by the voucher text 'Dieser Gutschein über 5 Fünf Pfennig 5' in bold letterpress. The lower portion carries the redemption clause text, the issuance date of 4 März 1920, and a manuscript signature on behalf of Der Magistrat. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark green on pale green paper and centres on a vignette of an equestrian statue of a medieval knight in armour mounted on a rearing horse, rendered in fine line engraving against a stippled background. The numeral '5' appears in large format to the left and right of the central vignette. Four circular and shield-shaped municipal heraldic devices occupy the corners of the design. |
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Herford's 1920 Kleingeldscheine — emergency small-change notes — were a direct response to the chronic coin shortage that plagued Weimar Germany as copper and nickel supplies had been exhausted by the war and post-war metal requisitions. Municipalities across Westphalia issued their own fractional paper at this period, and Herford was among the more prolific, producing several denominations locally rather than waiting on the Reichsbank.
Five-Pfennig notgeld in paper survives poorly; the denomination was handled constantly and discarded without ceremony once the shortage eased in the mid-1920s.