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50 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Hofgeismar |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with a light underprint of stylized human figures across the field. The heading 'Kreis Hofgeismar' is set in large blackletter script at the top, with 'Reinhardswald' in Roman type below. The denomination numeral '50' appears in bold red letterpress at left and right, flanking a central vignette of an oak branch with acorns encircling the series number '2' in red. A three-line payment instruction text occupies the lower half, with '50 Pfennig' and the account designation 'Konto C' with serial number printed below. The printer's imprint 'GEBR. GOTTHELFT. CASSEL' appears at the lower left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis Hofgeismar Reinhardswald 50 Die Kreissparkasse zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber 50 Pfennig Konto C |
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Kreissparkasse Hofgeismar was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that turned to emergency currency — Notgeld — during the severe coin shortages that plagued Germany from around 1916 onward. These local institutions issued small-denomination scrip out of practical necessity, not monetary ambition. Gebrüder Gotthelft in Cassel was a regional workhorse printer for this type of material, supplying numerous Hessian issuers during the same period.
Hofgeismar is a small town north of Cassel in what was then Hesse-Nassau. The district's issues are modestly collected rather than avidly pursued — DeNG reference 619.2 covers a narrow series with limited variant interest.