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50 Pfennig Handelskammer
| Issuer | Handelskammer zu Saarbrücken |
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| Year | 1916 |
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| Reference(s) | Gra#S3.6 à S3.10 |
| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress on light guilloche underprint, with the denomination numeral '50' in four corner medallions. A serial letter and six-digit number in red appear at top centre against a pale panel, above the large bold legend '50 PFENNIG'. The central text block carries the redemption clause in Gothic script, flanked by ornate lace-pattern side panels; the issue date 'SAARBRÜCKEN, 13. Dezember 1916' appears below the text. At centre-bottom, a circular official seal bearing the Prussian eagle and the legend 'HANDELSKAMMER ZU SAARBRÜCKEN' is printed, with three facsimile signatures across the lower register. |
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| Reverse lettering | HANDELSKAMMER ZU SAARBRÜCKEN 50 50 |
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The Handelskammer zu Saarbrücken — the Saar region's chamber of commerce — began issuing Notgeld in 1916 as the wartime coin shortage stripped small denominations out of everyday circulation. Chambers of commerce across Germany were among the earliest non-municipal bodies authorized to fill this gap, and the Saarbrücken chamber was notably active given the region's industrial density and the volume of small transactions in its mining and manufacturing economy.
The Gra# S3.6 through S3.10 range indicates a run of varieties, likely differentiated by serial prefix or minor typographic revision — a pattern common among multi-batch Handelskammer issues of this period. The watermarked paper is worth noting: by late 1916, many issuers had abandoned such refinements entirely.