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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Diepholz |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents an oval vignette set against a dark decorative border with a diamond-pattern frame, printed in black and pale rose tones. Within the oval, a humorous rural scene shows a farmer clinging to the back of a running pig in a comic struggle, executed in a loose illustrative style typical of German Notgeld artistry. A two-line verse in Gothic script appears above and below the central scene, and the denomination '75' is repeated in each corner; the printer's imprint 'Casten & Suhling, Bremen.' appears at the lower right outside the oval. |
| Reverse lettering | Denn so ein Schwein das steckt so recht Voll Trotz und Eigensinn. Wohin man's gerne haben möcht Da wills durchaus nicht hin. Casten & Suhling, Bremen. |
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Kreissparkasse Diepholz was one of hundreds of German district savings banks that stepped into the currency vacuum created by the postwar coin shortage — the so-called Kleingeldnot — by issuing Notgeld in fractional pfennig denominations. The 75 Pfennig value is a slightly unusual choice; most issuers favored rounder figures, and its presence in the series suggests the Diepholz series was designed to cover precise change requirements in local commerce.
Casten & Suhling of Bremen were a regional commercial printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which is entirely typical of the Notgeld phenomenon — and occasionally shows in the printing registration.