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75 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtspaarkasse Aschersleben |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is executed entirely in bold Fraktur (blackletter) calligraphy in dark brown-black ink on a grey-green ground, with the issuing text occupying the left two-thirds of the field. To the right, the denomination numeral '75' and the abbreviation 'Pfg.' are rendered in a large, decorative Art Nouveau style in red and black. At the lower left, the serial number and validity clause 'Gültig bis 1. März 1922' appear in smaller letterpress, accompanied by a facsimile signature of the Magistrat, and the designer's name 'KRELLE' is printed at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Spar-Stadthaupt-Kasse Aschersleben zahle dem Überbringer dieser Platzanweisung Aschersleben, den 1. Dezember 1921 Der Magistrat Gültig bis 1. März 1922 75 Pfg. |
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Aschersleben's municipal savings bank issued this Notgeld note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany through 1921, when coin metal was being hoarded faster than the mint could replace it. The Stadtspaarkasse — a civic rather than commercial institution — had the authority to issue emergency denominations locally, and did so alongside dozens of similar bodies across the Prussian province of Saxony.
Krelle's involvement suggests local production; Aschersleben had a modest but active printing trade in this period. The 75-Pfennig denomination is among the less common in this series — issuers typically anchored their sets at 25 and 50 Pfennig, making the three-quarter-mark value something of an outlier.