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25 Pfennig Handelskammer
| Issuer | Handelskammer zu Göttingen (Chamber of Commerce) |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark green on pale paper, the obverse is enclosed within a decorative guilloche border with the denomination numeral '25' repeated in each corner. A circular vignette at left bears the Prussian eagle with the legend 'HANDELSKAMMER ZU GÖTTINGEN' around its circumference. The centre carries the issuer's name in bold Fraktur script at top, below which the voucher text 'Gutschein über' precedes the large numeral '25' flanked by 'Pf.' abbreviations, with the denomination written in cursive underprint script behind the figures. The date 'Göttingen, den 26. April 1917' appears at lower left, followed by the issuing authority line 'Die Handelskammer' and three facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse lettering | Nr. [serial number] Gegen Einlieferung dieses Gutscheines zahlt die Handelskammer zu Göttingen den Betrag von 25 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach erfolgter öffentlicher Aufforderung eingelöst wird. |
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Göttingen's Chamber of Commerce began issuing notgeld in 1917 as the wartime coin shortage stripped small denominations from everyday commerce. The 25 Pfennig denomination was among the most practically necessary — it filled the exact gap left by hoarded copper and nickel coinage, which the public had pulled from circulation as metal became a war material. Handelskammer issues of this type were redeemable against the issuing body, not the Reichsbank, which created real redemption uncertainty if the chamber's finances deteriorated.
Paper quality in these issues varies considerably; many were printed on whatever stock was locally available in 1917.