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5 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse lettering | FÜR MICH ZAHLT DIE BEZIRKSSPARKASSE MELLRICHSTADT · 5 Pfennig |
| Reverse description | Oval-shaped note printed in dark blue on cream paper. The central vignette is the crowned municipal coat of arms of Mellrichstadt, showing a fortified tower over a chequered field, flanked by two four-pointed star ornaments. The numeral '5' appears within a shield-shaped panel at the base, enclosed by the same dotted oval and serrated outer border used on the obverse. |
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Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that issued emergency small-denomination paper — Kleingeldscheine — during the coin shortages that followed the First World War. These municipal and district-level issues were technically illegal under Reichsbank regulations but tolerated out of practical necessity; local commerce simply could not function without fractional currency when metal coinage disappeared from circulation entirely.
Mellrichstadt is a small market town in Lower Franconia, and its Bezirkssparkasse issues are among the more obscure of the Bavarian notgeld series. Collector documentation on the specific printings remains thin.