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25 Pfennig Handelskammer
| Issuer | Handelskammer Harburg (Chamber of Commerce, Harburg an der Elbe) |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Plain paper ground with four circular vignettes at the corners, each enclosing the numeral '25' within an ornamental scrollwork border. A serial number printed in red appears at the top centre alongside the abbreviation 'Nr.'. The central text in Gothic blackletter script reads the redemption obligation of the Handelskammer in Harburg a.d. Elbe for the sum of 25 Pfennig, followed by a validity clause referencing the redemption deadline of 1 October. The issuer's name 'DIE HANDELSKAMMER HARBURG a/E.' appears above a manuscript signature, with the printer's imprint 'F.C. BERTRAM HARBURG a/E.' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. Gegen Einlösung dieses Gutscheins zahlt die Handelskammer in Harburg a.d. Elbe den Betrag von 25 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht bis zum 1. Oktober 19__ eingelöst wird. DIE HANDELSKAMMER HARBURG a/E. F.C. BERTRAM HARBURG a/E. |
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Harburg an der Elbe was an independent city until 1937, when it was forcibly merged with Hamburg under the Nazi administrative consolidation program — so this Chamber of Commerce emergency note predates that annexation, issued when Harburg still had its own civic institutions capable of authorizing local currency substitutes. Handelskammer notgeld of this type filled the acute small-change shortage that gripped German commercial life during and after the First World War, with chambers of commerce stepping in where the Reichsbank could not.
F.C. Bertram was a local Harburg printer, which is consistent with the hyperlocal nature of most notgeld production — municipal and commercial issuers typically contracted whoever was nearest and available.