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1.05 Mark Gold / 1/4 Dollar Handelskammern Freiburg, Konstanz, Lahr, Schopfheim, Villingen
| Issuer | Handelskammern zu Freiburg, Konstanz, Lahr, Schopfheim und Villingen |
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| Value | 1 Goldmark |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Handelskammern zu Freiburg, Konstanz, Lahr, Schopfheim, Villingen 1.05 Mark Gold = 1/4 Dollar |
| Reverse description | Blank, showing only the cream-coloured paper without any printed design or text. |
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One of the more unusual instruments to emerge from the post-WWI German currency crisis, this note was issued jointly by five Baden chambers of commerce — Freiburg, Konstanz, Lahr, Schopfheim, and Villingen — as a regional response to the acute small-denomination coin shortage of the early 1920s. The dual denomination, expressed in both Goldmark and U.S. dollar fractions, reflects an attempt to anchor value against hard currency at a moment when the Reichsmark was visibly failing that function.
The multi-issuer arrangement is uncommon even within the chaotic Notgeld period. Liability spread across five chambers rather than a single municipal or banking authority.