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20 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtkasse (Kämmereikasse) Erlangen |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain light blue paper note printed in dark brown Fraktur (blackletter) typeface throughout, with no vignette or ornamental underprint. The denomination '20 Pfg. 20' appears in large bold numerals and text at the centre, flanked above by the title 'Waren-Gutschein II' and a two-line charitable purpose legend, and below by the redemption authority inscription. A handwritten serial number appears in the lower centre, with the printed prefix 'Nr.' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Waren-Gutschein II zu Lasten der Sammelgelder für die durch den Krieg in Not geratenen Familien 20 Pfg. 20 Einlösbar bei der Kämmereikasse Erlangen. Nr. |
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Erlangen's municipal treasury issued its own small-denomination notgeld during the post-WWI currency shortages, when central banking infrastructure had effectively collapsed at the local level and towns across Bavaria were printing their own stop-gap paper to keep daily commerce moving. The Stadtkasse and Kämmereikasse designations reflect a subtle administrative distinction — the Kämmereikasse was specifically the city's revenue office, and both names appearing on notgeld from the same municipality is not unusual but does complicate precise attribution within a series.
Small-format municipal issues from Erlangen in this period are not heavily documented in the major Grabowski catalogues, making provenance tracking genuinely difficult.