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25 Pfennig Bezirkssparkasse
| Issuer | Bezirkssparkasse Mellrichstadt |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Pink paper note with a dark purple chain-link guilloche border enclosing the central design. A decorative oval cartouche at centre carries the large numeral '25' in hatched letterpress style, surmounted by a ribbon scroll bearing the issuer's guarantee inscription. The denomination legend 'PFENNIG' appears below the numeral, and the value '25' is repeated in white on dark diamond corner pieces at all four corners. |
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| Reverse description | Pink paper reverse with a wavy rope-style guilloche border in dark purple, enclosing a pink underprint vignette of the Mellrichstadt town arms at centre. Two decorative ribbon scrolls cross the field horizontally, the upper bearing the thrift motto in italic script and the lower carrying the continuation of the phrase. The town name 'MELLRICHSTADT' is printed in bold black block capitals across the centre, with the value '25' repeated in white on dark diamond corner pieces. |
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Mellrichstadt is a small Franconian market town in Lower Franconia, and its Bezirkssparkasse was one of hundreds of municipal savings institutions that issued small-denomination Notgeld during the 1917–1922 shortage of coinage. The 25 Pfennig denomination was the workhorse of that system — low enough to substitute for missing coins, high enough to bother printing. The Brm and Gra references both place this within the standard district savings bank series, though the suffix "c" in the Grabowski catalogue typically denotes a paper variant distinct from an earlier cardboard or differently watermarked issue.