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5 Pfennig Klostergutsverwaltung Ettal
| Issuer | Klostergutsverwaltung Ettal |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld (emergency money) voucher printed in black letterpress on grey-brown paper with a red-brown guilloche underprint. The central panel, enclosed within a decorative border with scrollwork corner ornaments, carries the issuer's title 'Klostergutsverwaltung Ettal.' at the top, the word 'Gutschein' in bold Gothic script, and the denomination 'fünf Pfennige' in large type with the numeral '5' to the right. A diagonal overprint reads 'Notausgabe' (emergency issue) with manuscript month inscriptions ('April' / 'Juli') alongside it, and a handwritten signature of the Klostergutsverwaltung administration appears below the redemption clause, which states validity until 31 December 1917; the printer's imprint 'J. P. Himmer, Augsburg.' and the legal notice 'Gesetzlich geschützt.' are printed in the bottom margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain grey-brown paper surface with no design, text, or ornamental elements of any kind. |
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Ettal Abbey's estate administration — the Klostergutsverwaltung — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany from 1916 onward, when hoarding drained copper and nickel coins from circulation entirely. Thousands of local German authorities, municipalities, and private enterprises resorted to Notgeld, but monastic issuers were comparatively rare. Himmer's Augsburg press was a natural choice for Bavarian clients; the firm had deep roots in regional ecclesiastical printing well before the war.