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25 Pfennig H. Käse
| Issuer | H. Käse, Hamburg |
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| Size | 90 × 55 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vertical panels within a decorative border of stylised wheat or laurel sprays. The left panel contains a vignette of the Hamburg coat of arms — a white castle with three towers surmounted by stars — above a guilloche underprint. The central panel carries a circular medallion with a wreath border inscribed 'KÄSE'S NOT-PFENNIG-WECHSEL-GELD', enclosing the bold numeral '25'. The right panel presents a half-length portrait of a man in a broad-brimmed hat, above a further guilloche element; the legend 'GUTSCHEIN' appears across the top and 'Gültig bis 1. Januar 1921' along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN KÄSE'S NOT-PFENNIG-WECHSEL-GELD 25 Gültig bis 1. Januar 1921 |
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Broschek & Co. was a well-established Hamburg printing house that produced considerable quantities of Notgeld during the emergency currency period following World War I, when coin shortages forced municipalities, businesses, and private firms alike to issue their own small-denomination scrip. That a cheese merchant — Käse translates simply as "cheese" — issued circulating paper money is unremarkable by Notgeld standards; the breadth of private issuers during this period was extraordinary, extending to butchers, breweries, and individual shopkeepers across Germany.
Broschek's involvement suggests a professionally produced piece rather than a hastily stamped chit, which was not always the case with merchant-issued Notgeld.