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5 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Wunstorf |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress Notgeld note with a bold banner at top bearing the issuer's name. The central area carries the denomination in large Gothic script reading 'Fünf' and 'Pfennig' flanking a central cartouche with the numeral '5' and the overprint 'NOTGELD', framed by guilloche scroll ornaments on either side. Below, a three-line text clause states the bearer payment obligation and validity date, with the issue date 'WUNSTORF, DEN 15. NOVEMBER 1920' and a serial number with three manuscript signatures at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Sparkasse der Stadt Wunstorf NOTGELD Fünf Pfennig 5 zahlt die Sparkasse der Stadt Wunstorf dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines ohne Legitimationsprüfung ••• Gültig bis zum 1. April 1922. WUNSTORF, DEN 15. NOVEMBER 1920. Nr. |
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Wunstorf is a small town in Lower Saxony, and its municipal savings bank — the Sparkasse der Stadt Wunstorf — issued this 5 Pfennig note during the Kleingeldscheine period of 1920, when Germany's small-denomination coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. Hoarding, metal shortages, and postwar economic disruption pushed thousands of municipalities and local institutions into issuing their own fractional emergency paper. Müller & Mahnkopp of Hildesheim handled the printing, a regional firm that took on considerable notgeld work from surrounding towns during this period.
The DeNG reference suffix "1/4" indicates this is one of four known varieties within this specific issue type.