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150 Mark Herzogliche Sparkasse
| Issuer | Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Size | 159 × 102 mm |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue-grey on the plain card reverse, the note carries a structured interest-rate table under the heading 'Zinsen auf 150 M Einlage', with columns for periods of one to twelve months calculated at 3%, 3½%, 3¾%, and 4% per annum. To the left, a ruled register panel headed 'Jahreszinsen sind gezahlt' provides space for recording annual interest payments with date, amount, and order number lines. A columnar extract of savings regulations in small Gothic text occupies the right margin, referencing the Herzogl. Leihhaus statutes of 10 June 1892. The note's top-right corner is cut away diagonally, indicating cancellation. |
| Reverse lettering | Jahreszinsen sind gezahlt: Zinsen auf 150 M Einlage Zeitraum 3% 3½% 3¾% 4% 1 Monat 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 |
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The Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse — the ducal savings bank of Brunswick — issued this 150 Mark note in 1918 as an emergency financial measure in the final year of the First World War. The denomination itself is telling: 150 Mark sits awkwardly between standard values, suggesting it was calibrated to address a specific local shortage of circulating currency rather than slotted into any rational denomination scheme.
The cardboard substrate was a wartime necessity. By 1918, quality paper stocks in Germany were severely depleted, and regional issuers made do with whatever printable material was available.