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5 Pfennige
| Issuer | Marktmagistrat Ebersberg (Market Magistrate of Ebersberg, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1916 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan paper note with a decorative dashed outer border enclosing an inner rectangular frame. The issuer name 'Marktmagistrat Ebersberg.' is set in bold letterpress at the top, with a lighter guilloche-style underprint repeating the same text across the centre field. Large bold numerals '5' flank the central text on left and right, with the words 'Gutschein über fünf Pfennige.' in prominent black typeface. The issue date 'Ebersberg, 15. Dezember 1916.' appears at the foot of the inner frame, above the printer's imprint 'J. P. Himmer, Augsburg.' in smaller type below the border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Marktmagistrat Ebersberg. 5 Gutschein über fünf Pfennige. 5 Ebersberg, 15. Dezember 1916. J. P. Himmer, Augsburg. |
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German municipal notgeld of the First World War period emerged from a genuine coin shortage — hoarding of metal coinage began almost immediately in 1914, and by 1916 smaller denominations had effectively vanished from everyday commerce. Ebersberg, a small Bavarian market town southeast of Munich, issued its own fractional emergency currency under the same authority that ran local administration, the Marktmagistrat.
Himmer of Augsburg was a natural choice for Bavarian municipal clients — the firm handled a considerable volume of regional government printing. Notes from small issuers like Ebersberg were produced in modest quantities and often saw heavy use before being redeemed, making intact survivors more elusive than their common-seeming origins suggest.