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10 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadt Stade (City of Stade) |
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| Year | 1918-1919 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green on white paper, the note carries a light green guilloche underprint at centre consisting of an ornate floral rosette medallion. The heading 'Gutschein für die Stadt Stade' appears in bold Gothic lettering across the top, below which the denomination '10 Zehn Pfennig 10' is set in large type. The body text details the redemption conditions and legal basis, dated 'Stade, am 1. Oktober 1918', with the printed authority designations 'Der Magistrat.' and 'Die Bürgervorsteher.' accompanied by two manuscript facsimile signatures. The printer's imprint 'Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover.' appears at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für die Stadt Stade 10 Zehn Pfennig 10 Gültig bis 1. Oktober 1921. Dieser Gutschein wird an der Kämmereikasse und der Spar- und Leihkasse der Stadt Stade eingelöst. Der Schein ist ausgegeben auf Grund von § 807 in Verbindung mit §§ 793 Absatz 1, 794, 796 und 797 des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches. Stade, am 1. Oktober 1918. Der Magistrat. Die Bürgervorsteher. GEBRÜDER JÄNECKE, HANNOVER. |
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Stade issued this Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped German municipal economies in the final year of the First World War. Coins had effectively vanished from circulation — hoarded, melted, or absorbed by the war economy — forcing hundreds of German towns to print their own emergency pfennig denominations. Stade was one of thousands of issuers, but its notes were produced by Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover, a firm with deep roots in commercial printing that handled Notgeld contracts across Lower Saxony during this period.
The 1918–1919 date range reflects the awkward transition across the armistice, when municipal scrip continued circulating well after the guns fell silent.