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5 Pfennig Kreissparkasse
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Lüchow |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 Pfennig Gutschein Kreissparkasse Lüchow Gültig bis 1. Januar 1922 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central pastoral vignette in dark brown letterpress showing a farmer guiding a horse-drawn plough across a field, with a townscape including a prominent tower visible on the horizon in the background. The numeral '5' is printed in large outline figures at the top centre, flanked by decorative foliate corner ornaments forming the border. No text inscription appears on this face. |
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Kreissparkasse Lüchow was the district savings bank serving Lüchow in Lower Saxony — a rural backwater even by Weimar-era standards. Small-denomination notgeld of this type was issued by hundreds of municipal and district institutions after 1914 to plug the gap left by hoarded imperial coinage, and Lüchow's issues are among the more obscure examples, with survival rates difficult to establish given how little collector attention the county ever attracted.
At 50 × 35 mm, this is among the smallest format notgeld produced anywhere in Germany.