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5 Pfennig Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg |
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| Value | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note of minimal typographic design, divided into three horizontal registers by double-line frames. The uppermost register contains the word 'Gutschein' in large bold letterpress type within a rectangular cartouche; the central field bears the issuer name 'Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg' above the large numeral '05' and the denomination 'Pfennig' in bold sans-serif type. The lower register carries the validity inscription 'Gültig bis 1. Jan. 1923' in two lines. |
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| Reverse description | Cream paper reverse with a bold letterpress-printed serial number at the top, followed by a central vignette of a circular seal against a dark cross-hatched square underprint. The seal bears the arms of Dannenberg — a standing lion beneath a fir tree — encircled by the legend 'Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg'. Below the vignette, two lines of block capitals repeat the validity date and issuer name. |
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Dannenberg's municipal savings bank — the Sparkasse der Stadt Dannenberg — issued small-denomination Pfennig notes as emergency currency, almost certainly during the acute coin shortages of 1917–1921 that forced hundreds of German local authorities and institutions to print their own Kleingeldersatz. Notes of this size and denomination were never intended to circulate beyond the immediate town, often redeemable only at the issuing branch, and many series were called in and destroyed within months of issue.
Dannenberg itself is a small town in Lower Saxony on the Elbe, which makes surviving examples from its Sparkasse genuinely uncommon — low original print runs and aggressive redemption campaigns account for most of the attrition.