Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt |
|---|---|
| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | FÜR MICH ZAHLT DIE BEZIRKSSPARKASSE MELLRICHSTADT 5 Pfennig |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | SPARE IN DER ZEIT SO HAST DU IN DER NOT 5 |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt was one of hundreds of local savings institutions across Bavaria and Franconia that stepped in to fill the small-change vacuum during the postwar Kleingeldnot. By 1920 the shortage of low-denomination coinage had become acute enough that even district-level sparkassen — not just municipalities — were issuing their own emergency scrip. The legal basis was thin and the Reichsbank tolerated rather than sanctioned most of it.
At 48 × 32 mm, this is among the smallest Notgeld produced in the period — smaller than many postage stamps of the time.