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5 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Lübbecke (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black Notgeld note with a decorative border enclosing the central denomination panel. Two oval vignettes flank the central text area: at left, a male agricultural worker holding a scythe against a rural backdrop; at right, a seated male figure working with a barrel or cask. The date "Lübbecke, den 14. Mai 1920" and the issuing authority "Der Magistrat" appear below the denomination, accompanied by two facsimile signatures. The series letter and serial number are printed in bold black at the lower edge. |
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| Reverse lettering | Veredle die Zahlungssitten durch Anlegung eines Städtische Sparkasse Lübbecke i.W. (im Rathause). Mündelsichere Bankanstalt. Aufbewahrung und Verwaltung von Wertpapieren aller Art. An- und Verkauf, sowie Beleihung von Wertpapieren. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach erfolgtem öffentlichen Aufruf. Städt. Sparkasse Lübbecke. Zahle ohne bares Geld. Reichsbank-Girokonto Minden. Girokonto Hannover 10466 |
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Lübbecke is a small Westphalian market town, and its 1920 Kleingeldscheine were a direct response to the acute small-denomination coin shortage that plagued postwar Germany as metal was hoarded and official minting lagged behind demand. Municipal bodies across the Reich — thousands of them — stepped in to fill the gap, issuing their own emergency paper fractions. Lübbecke's Magistrat was one of the more modest issuers, producing notes at the lower end of the Kleingeld range.
Paper Pfennig notes from small Westphalian towns survive in surprisingly varied condition; many were quickly superseded by inflation-era issues within two to three years of printing.