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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Paderborn |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 95 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Green and black letterpress note with the bold gothic inscription STADT at top and PADERBORN along the lower edge. The denomination numerals '50' and 'Pfg' occupy circular cartouches at upper left and right respectively. A central vignette renders the Paderborn Cathedral tower in stylised outline, with the text 'DER DOM ZU PADERBORN' set vertically within the tower shaft and the legend 'ZUR ZEIT DES BISCHOFS MEINWERK' below. Flanking text columns carry the payment obligation in gothic script on the left and the validity clause dated Paderborn, 10 November 1921, with the facsimile signature of Der Magistrat, on the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT PADERBORN 50 Pfg DER DOM ZU PADERBORN ZUR ZEIT DES BISCHOFS MEINWERK Die Stadtsparkasse Paderborn zahle gegen diese Platzanweisung aus unserm Guthaben an Überbringer fünfzig Pfennige Gültig bis 1 Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung Paderborn den 10 November 1921 Der Magistrat |
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Paderborn's municipal savings bank issued this note during the peak years of German Kleingeldnot — the small-change famine that followed the First World War, when hoarding of coins left everyday retail transactions nearly impossible. Thousands of German municipalities, cooperatives, and businesses printed their own Notgeld to fill the gap, and by 1921 the phenomenon had tipped heavily into deliberate collectible production, with towns commissioning artistically ambitious designs specifically to sell to philatelic speculators rather than to circulate.
Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus in Dortmund was a prolific Notgeld printer, handling commissions across Westphalia. Designer K. Matern's credit is relatively uncommon in the series documentation for this issuer.