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25 Pfennig Handels- und Gewerbekammer
| Issuer | Handels- und Gewerbekammer für den Kreis Meiningen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black on plain paper without an underprint, enclosed by a repeating ornamental border of small geometric motifs running along all four edges. The denomination 'Fünfundzwanzig Pfg.' is set in large blackletter type at the top, followed by the validity clause 'gültig innerhalb des Handelskammerbezirks Meiningen'. A block of Gothic-script text in the centre states the redemption conditions, flanked at lower left and right by the numeral '25'. The printer's imprint 'Keyßner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Meiningen.' appears along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Fünfundzwanzig Pfg. gültig innerhalb des Handelskammerbezirks Meiningen Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach Aufkündigung bei der Handelskammer zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Die Auf- kündigung erfolgt im Regierungsblatt. 25 25 Keyßner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Meiningen. |
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The Handels- und Gewerbekammer für den Kreis Meiningen — the chamber of commerce for the Meiningen district in Thuringia — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the immediate postwar years. Metal coinage had been hoarded, melted, or simply failed to keep pace with inflation, and chambers of commerce, municipalities, and private businesses across the country filled the gap with Notgeld. Keyßner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, a local Meiningen press that had previously operated as a court printer for the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, handled production entirely within the district.