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10 Mark
| Issuer | Handelskammer zu Saarbrücken |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 99 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed on firm white paper with an embossed screen background; text in orange and dark brown overprinted on a light brown underprint, with no serial number present. A dry embossed seal appears at the center of the note. The overall layout is typographic, with the text of the voucher conditions and issuing authority arranged in block letterpress style. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Zehn Mark Letzter Einziehungstermin: 1. Februar 1919 Dieser Gutschein wird von der Handelskammer zu Saarbrücken und den bezirkseingesessenen Banken jederzeit in Bar eingelöst Er hat Gültigkeit bis zu dem von der Handelskammer 4 Wochen vorher öffentlich bekannt zu machenden Einlösungs-Termin Saarbrücken den 1. November 1918 |
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The Handelskammer zu Saarbrücken — the Saar region's chamber of commerce — issued this note in 1918 as part of Germany's widespread Notgeld phenomenon, where municipalities, businesses, and chambers of commerce filled the void left by hoarded official coinage and inadequate small-denomination currency supply. The Saar's industrial economy, heavily dependent on coal mining, made liquidity shortages acutely felt at the factory and colliery level.
The dry seal was the issuer's primary authentication mechanism — a modest deterrent, but typical of chamber-issued Notgeld where anti-counterfeiting investment was minimal and community trust did the heavier work.