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20 Pfennig Handelskammer
| Issuer | Handelskammer M. Gladbach (Chamber of Commerce Mönchengladbach) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | HANDELSKAMMER GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 20 PFENNIG Dieser Gutschein wird von den Gemeindekassen des Handelskammerbezirks M. GLADBACH in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung durch die Handelskammer in den amtlichen Kreisblättern des Bezirks. Für die Einlösung haften die Gemeinden des Handelskammerbezirks M.Gladbach. M.Gladbach, den 1. Mai 1917. Die Handelskammer SCHÖTT A.G. RHEYDT |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in grey-black tones and carries a detailed cartographic vignette of the Handelskammerbezirk M. Gladbach district, showing the road and rail network connecting the constituent municipalities. The map is surrounded by ornate scrollwork borders in each corner, with the district name 'Die Gemeinden des Handelskammerbezirks M. Gladbach' inscribed to the upper left. The names of all member communities are listed around the map in small letterpress type, arranged by geographic position. |
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Mönchengladbach's Chamber of Commerce issued this note in 1917 under the Notgeld provisions that allowed municipal and commercial bodies to fill the small-denomination coin shortage caused by wartime metal requisitioning. Brass, copper, and nickel had been redirected to munitions production, and fractional coins had effectively vanished from everyday commerce by mid-war.
Hermann Schött A.G. in nearby Rheydt handled the printing — a local solution for a local problem, the issuer and printer separated by barely three kilometers.