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25 Pfennig H. Käse
| Issuer | H. Käse, Hamburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by a broad border of interlocking laurel or palm fronds in relief. The central field carries a dotted guilloche underprint over which a multi-line text inscription is set in bold blackletter type. At the foot of the central panel an oval cartouche contains the initial 'K', and the printer's imprint 'Broschek & Co., Hamburg.' appears below the outer frame. |
| Reverse lettering | Diese Not-Wechselmarke wird von der Entente nicht als Kriegsentschädigung angenommen. Einzulösen nur bei H. Käse, Alsterarcaden 9. K Broschek & Co., Hamburg. |
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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.