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10 Pfennig Vorschuß- und Sparverein
| Issuer | Vorschuß- und Sparverein e.G.m.u.H. zu Lutter am Barenberge |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| In circulation to | 1 October 1919 |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld note printed in black on buff paper, entirely text-based with no pictorial vignette. The denomination '10 Pfg.' appears in bold letterpress at upper left and upper right, flanking the issuing locality 'Lutter a. Bbge.' across the top register. The central field carries the value inscription 'Zehn Pfennig' in large Gothic blackletter script, framed above by 'Anweisung über' and below by the issuer name 'Vorschuß- und Sparverein e.G.m.u.H. zu Lutter a. Barenberge.', with the issue date 'den 1. Mai 1917', board signatures 'Lüttge' and 'Ritter' under 'Der Vorstand:', and the validity clause 'Gültig bis 1. Oktober 1919.' at foot; the entire face is enclosed within a decorative scrollwork border. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse entirely unprinted, presenting a plain buff paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements. |
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Lutter am Barenberge is a small town in Lower Saxony, and by 1917 the German state's capacity to supply adequate coinage had effectively collapsed under wartime metal requisitions. Cooperative credit societies like the Vorschuß- und Sparverein — a members' limited-liability savings and loan association — stepped into the gap with locally issued Notgeld, redeemable only within the community that trusted them. The issuing authority here is the cooperative itself, not a municipality, which makes this piece administratively unusual even within the already chaotic Notgeld universe.
The dual-signature format — Lüttge and Ritter — reflects the cooperative's requirement for joint authorization, a governance structure inherited directly from Schulze-Delitzsch cooperative statutes.