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2 Goldpfennig Handelskammer Schopfheim - Kreis Lörrach & Waldshut
| Issuer | Handelskammer für die Kreise Lörrach und Waldshut (Chamber of Commerce for the Districts of Lörrach and Waldshut) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 95 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper notgeld with a pale green guilloche border forming a decorative frame around the entire face. Denomination '2 Pfennig Gold' is set in large bold letterpress type at the upper portion, followed by 'Reihe B.' in red and the dollar equivalent '= 0,476 Dollarcents'; the body text in Gothic script states the redemption obligation of the Oberbadische Industrie-Gemeinschaft, represented by the Handelskammer Schopfheim, dated 5. November 1923. Two manuscript signatures flank a red serial number at the foot, with a vertical authorization text in red along the left margin reading 'Genehmigt durch das Reichsfinanzministerium.' |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 Pfennig Gold Reihe B. = 0,476 Dollarcents zahlt dem Einlieferer die Oberbadische Industrie-Gemeinschaft, vertreten durch die Handelskammer Schopfheim, nach Aufruf. / Schopfheim, 5. Nov. 1923 Die Handelskammer für die Kreise Lörrach und Waldshut. Genehmigt durch das Reichsfinanzministerium. Uehlin, Schopfheim |
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The Handelskammer für die Kreise Lörrach und Waldshut issued this 2 Goldpfennig note during the stabilization phase of Germany's 1923 hyperinflation crisis, when local chambers of commerce and municipalities were scrambling to issue gold-denominated emergency scrip — Goldnotgeld — to provide a currency that actually held value from one hour to the next. Denominating in Goldpfennig rather than Papiermark was the practical solution: it pegged the scrip to a stable unit rather than the disintegrating Reichsmark.
Uehlin was a local Schopfheim printer, not a specialist banknote house. That matters here — the production quality reflects it.