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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Stendal (City of Stendal) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note carries a detailed letterpress vignette of the Stendaler Dom (St. Nicholas Cathedral), rendered in brown-violet tones against a light guilloche underprint. To the right, the denomination is expressed in large Gothic script reading 'Fünf Pfennige Stadtkassenschein', below which a serial number and the date 'Stendal den 16. Novemb. 1920' appear, accompanied by two manuscript signatures under the legend 'Der Magistrat'. A circular medallion bearing the numeral '5' is positioned at the lower centre-right, and the entire note is framed by a decorative geometric border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Pfennige Stadtkassenschein Stendal den 16. Novemb. 1920 Der Magistrat |
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Stendal's municipal treasury issued this note during the Kleingeldersatz crisis of 1920, when a nationwide shortage of fractional coinage forced hundreds of German towns to print their own low-denomination scrip. The Stadthauptkasse — the city's main cashier's office — had legal authority to issue such emergency currency locally, and these 5-Pfennig notes would have circulated primarily in local retail transactions until the Reichsbank restored adequate coin supplies.
At this denomination, survival rates are poor. Notes below 10 Pfennig were handled constantly, rarely saved, and frequently damaged beyond attribution.