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5 Goldpfennig Handelskammer Schopfheim - Kreis Lörrach & Waldshut
| Issuer | Handelskammer für die Kreise Lörrach und Waldshut (Chamber of Commerce for the Districts of Lörrach and Waldshut) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note with a fine guilloche border framing the entire face. The denomination '5 Pfennig Gold' is printed in large bold black letterpress type at the top, with the dollar-equivalent '= 1,19 Dollarcents' and series designation 'Reihe C.' in red beneath. The body carries a multi-line German text pledging payment on behalf of the Oberbadische Industriegemeinschaft, represented by the Handelskammer Schopfheim, dated 5. Nov. 1923, above two manuscript signatures flanking a red serial number; a vertical red side legend reads 'Genehmigt durch das Reichsfinanzministerium.' |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing plain cream paper with show-through of the obverse text visible in mirror image. A vertical red printed text strip appears along the right margin, likely a control or authorization overprint. |
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This 5 Goldpfennig note is a product of the German Goldnotgeld experiment of late 1923 — a brief, peculiar attempt by municipal and commercial authorities to issue emergency currency pegged to gold values rather than the collapsing Papiermark. The Handelskammer for Lörrach and Waldshut, a binational border region with close commercial ties to Switzerland and Basel in particular, had practical reasons to anchor small-denomination scrip to a hard standard when the Reichsmark had become worthless for daily transactions.
Printed locally by Uehlin in Schopfheim, the note never circulated widely before the Rentenmark stabilization in November 1923 rendered most Goldnotgeld redundant almost immediately after issue.