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50 Pfennig Handels- und Gewerbekammer
| Issuer | Handels- und Gewerbekammer für den Kreis Meiningen |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Black letterpress printing on white paper with a repetitive ornamental border running along all four margins. At the head of the note, the denomination 'Fünfzig Pfennig' is set in large Gothic script, followed by a central text block stating the note's validity within the Handelskammerbezirk Meiningen and conditions for redemption. Numeral '50' vignettes flank the text block at lower left and lower right, with the printer's imprint at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Fünfzig Pfennig gültig innerhalb des Handelskammerbezirks Meiningen Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach Aufkündigung bei der Handelskammer zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Die Auf- kündigung erfolgt im Regierungsblatt. 50 50 Keyßner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei, Meiningen. |
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The Handels- und Gewerbekammer für den Kreis Meiningen — the chamber of commerce for the Meiningen district — was one of thousands of local institutions forced into emergency currency issuance during the post-WWI paper shortage and inflationary instability of the early Weimar period. Chambers of commerce, unlike municipalities, had no standing authority to issue currency; their Notgeld was tolerated out of necessity rather than legal right.
Keyßner'sche Hofbuchdruckerei was the established court printer in Meiningen, a small Thuringian residence town. The "Hof" designation dates from the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen, dissolved in 1918 — a title the firm apparently retained out of habit into the republic.