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5 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and orange on cream paper, enclosed by a guilloche border with a braided outer frame and circular rosette medallions at each corner, each bearing the white numeral '5' on a dark ground. A large hatched numeral '5' occupies the centre, set against an orange underprint vignette of a town gate or tower. A ribbon scroll above the central figure carries the issuer's guarantee clause, while a second scroll below bears the denomination in bold letterpress. |
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| Reverse lettering | Spare in der Zeit MELLRICHSTADT so hast Du in der Not |
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Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt was a district savings institution in Lower Franconia, and like hundreds of similar local bodies across Germany it resorted to issuing its own fractional Kleingeld during the acute small-change shortage of the early Weimar emergency currency period. These notgeld pieces were never intended as anything other than a stopgap — redeemable at the issuing branch and essentially worthless beyond the town limits. At 37 × 30 mm, this is among the smallest paper notgeld formats produced, barely larger than a postage stamp, which made losses and tears endemic.
The Grabowski reference M29.3a suggests at least minor variety distinctions within the Mellrichstadt issues — typically paper shade or overprint differences.