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5 Pfennig Vorschuß- und Sparverein
| Issuer | Vorschuß- und Sparverein Ostheim |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | A small-format Kriegsnotgeld note composed entirely in letterpress typography, with the large bold numeral '5' occupying the centre field, flanked by the spelled-out denomination 'FÜNF PFENNIG'. The issuing authority inscription names the Vorschuß- und Sparverein at Ostheim, with validity and redemption conditions set out in smaller text below. The layout is strictly utilitarian, with no vignettes or ornamental elements, characteristic of the austerity-driven emergency currency issues of the First World War. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in plain letterpress typography, carrying the issuing terms and the explicit obligation of the Vorschuß- und Sparverein to redeem the note at par. No vignettes, underprint, or decorative elements are present, consistent with the strictly functional production standards applied to small-denomination Notgeld in 1917. |
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Ostheim's Vorschuß- und Sparverein — a cooperative savings and loan association — issued this emergency piece in 1917 under the wartime Notgeld framework that permitted small local bodies to produce low-denomination scrip when official coinage disappeared from circulation entirely. German copper and nickel had been requisitioned for military use, making sub-ten-pfennig pieces genuinely absent from everyday commerce. Selmar Bayer, a Berlin printing house, handled the physical production for numerous small community issuers during this period.
At 5 Pfennig, this is about as low in face value as Notgeld gets.