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75 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 75 Pfennigs (75 Pfennige) (0.75) |
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| Obverse lettering | GÜSTROW Die Städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow zahle gegen diesen Sche... aus unserem Guthaben an den Inhaber Fünfundsiebzig Pfennige. Güstrow, den 1. Februar 1922. Bürgermeister. Stadtverordnetenvorsteher. Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1922. |
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| Reverse lettering | GÜSTROW 75 HOF- UND RATSBUCHDRUCKEREI |
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Güstrow's municipal savings bank — the Städtische Sparkasse — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped German towns in the early 1920s, before hyperinflation made the problem irrelevant for different reasons. The 75-Pfennig denomination is a characteristic Notgeld value from this period, chosen to fill gaps between coin denominations that had effectively vanished from circulation through hoarding and metal drives.
The printer, the Hof- und Ratsbuchdruckerei, was the court and municipal press serving Güstrow directly — a locally produced note in every sense. This kind of in-house civic printing kept costs low but quality variable across the series.