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25 Pfennig W. Limberg & Co.
| Issuer | W. Limberg & Co. Glashüttenwerke Gifhorn |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 25 Pfennigs (25 Pfennige) (0.25) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der W. Limberg & Co. Glashüttenwerke Gifhorn über den Betrag von Fünfundzwanzig Pfennig Dieser Gutschein wird, wenn in Beträgen von 1 Mark au auf einmal eingereicht, durch Auszahlung des Geldwertes in bar eingelöst. Derselbe verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht spätestens drei Monate nach öffentlicher Aufforderung zur Einlösung vorgezeigt wird. Gifhorn, 1. März 1920. ppa. W. Limberg & Co. |
| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the reverse carries a wide-angle panoramic vignette of the W. Limberg & Co. glassworks complex, rendered in fine letterpress engraving, with multiple factory buildings, tall smoking chimneys, and surrounding landscape extending to the horizon. The firm's name in large Gothic script curves across the top of the note, while the location — Gifhorn, Prov. Hannover — appears in matching script along the lower margin. The numeral 25 is placed in each corner against a wavy-line guilloche underprint background. |
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Gifhorn's Glashüttenwerke issued this 25 Pfennig note in 1920 as Notgeld — the emergency small-change scrip that flooded Germany after coinage disappeared into hoarding during and after the First World War. Factory-issued Notgeld of this type functioned as internal wage tokens and local trade currency simultaneously, redeemable at the issuing firm but accepted by neighboring merchants out of practical necessity rather than any legal obligation.
J. Gönig & Ehardt of Hannover were a minor regional printer who handled a number of Niedersachsen Notgeld commissions during the 1920–1921 peak period. Nothing technically unusual about this impression.