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5 Pfennigs Vorschuß- und Sparverein
| Issuer | Vorschuß- und Sparverein e.G.m.u.H. zu Lutter a. Barenberge |
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| Year | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned note printed in dark ink throughout on laid paper, with a scrollwork border framing all text in Fraktur blackletter. The denomination '5 Pfg.' appears in the upper left and right corners, with 'Lutter a. Bbge.' centred in the top panel. Issue date, board signatures (Lüttge and Ritter), and validity date are set in the lower portion. |
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| Signature(s) | Lüttge and Ritter |
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Lutter am Barenberge is a small town in Lower Saxony, and its cooperative credit society — the Vorschuß- und Sparverein e.G.m.u.H. — issued this note during the acute coin shortage of the First World War. German municipal and cooperative bodies were legally permitted from 1916 onward to issue Kleingeldersatz, small-denomination emergency scrip, to compensate for the disappearance of copper and nickel coinage from circulation as metals were requisitioned for war production.
At 5 Pfennig, this is the smallest practical denomination a local issuer would bother printing. Authorized by two committee signatures, Lüttge and Ritter, whose exact roles within the cooperative are unrecorded in standard reference literature.