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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Sangerhausen |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The face is arranged in three vertical panels: the left panel carries a pen-and-ink architectural vignette of a historic tower with a domed cupola and adjoining half-timbered structures, signed 'M. E. Riemann' at the lower left; the central panel bears the denomination 'Fünf Pfennig' in Gothic blackletter above a gold numeral '5' set within a dark circular medallion encircled by a rendered rose-and-foliage wreath, beneath which appears the date 'Sangerhausen, d. 26. März 1921.' and the issuing authority legend 'Der Magistrat:' with two facsimile signatures. The right panel contains a second architectural vignette of a Gothic church with a tall pointed spire amid trees. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Rosenstadt Sangerhausen. Fünf Pfennig 5 Kobermännchen bin ich genannt Im neuen Schloß ist mein alter Stand; Um hier die Kleingeldnot zu heben Will ich Dir dieses Notgeld geben. R. Felz |
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Sangerhausen's 1921 Notgeld series came out of the same postwar emergency that flooded Germany with thousands of locally issued scrip notes — municipal authorities printing small denominations because the Reichsbank simply could not produce low-value coinage fast enough to meet demand. Sangerhausen, a mid-sized town in the Prussian province of Saxony known primarily for its copper mining and the famous Rosarium, issued several denominations under the Magistrat's authority.
M. E. Riemann's credit on the design is unusual enough to be worth noting — most Kleingeldscheine of this period were produced anonymously by regional printers. Whether Riemann was a local artist or affiliated with the printer remains unresolved.