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50 Pfennig Amtssparkasse
| Issuer | Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 53 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz. Osterholz-Scharmbeck. Notgeldschein über Fünfzig Pfennig 50 50 Dieser Notgeldschein verliert seine Gültigkeit 2 Monate nach erfolgter Aufkündigung in dem Kreisblatt für den Kreis Osterholz, den Bremer Nachrichten und der deutschen Sparkassenzeitung „Die Sparkasse”, Hannover. Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz 31. Mai 1921. C 11255 Der Vorstand: Druck v. Castens Suhling Bremen |
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| Reverse lettering | 1921 Osterholz 1921 Kreishaus Amtssparkasse Osterholz 50 50 Durch Sparsamkeit gehts auch in schlechter Zeit |
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Amtssparkasse zu Osterholz was a district savings bank in what is now Osterholz-Scharmbeck, a small administrative center north of Bremen. Like hundreds of similar municipal and savings institutions across Germany, it issued Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage of 1921 — a period when coin metal was being hoarded and the Reichsbank could not keep fractional denominations in circulation. Casten & Suhling handled a considerable volume of Bremen-area Notgeld printing during these years.
The Grabosch reference O29.3b and Verbandskatalog 5450.05.11 indicate this is a catalogued variety, suggesting at least minor distinguishing characteristics across the series — likely in stamp color or serial placement.