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1 Pfennig Altwandervogel Club
| Issuer | Altwandervogel Club, Zweibrücken |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on pink paper, the obverse is divided into three horizontal registers by ruled lines within a rectangular border. The uppermost register contains a vignette of two geese in flight, set within a chamfered oval frame. The central register carries the bold block-letter monogram 'A · W · V' flanked by small floral ornaments, with the numeral '1' centred in the lower register between two small decorative cartouches. The place-name 'Zweibrücken' appears in large serif lettering across the bottom band. |
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| Reverse lettering | 206 |
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The Wandervogel movement — a German youth hiking and nature fellowship predating the First World War — fractured after 1918 into numerous splinter associations, one of which was the Altwandervogel, a grouping of older former members. The Zweibrücken chapter's decision to issue notgeld in 1920 is consistent with the broader German small-change crisis, though a one-pfennig denomination is unusually low even by notgeld standards. Most municipal and club issues of that period began at five pfennig.
The Tieste reference places this firmly in the private/club notgeld category rather than municipal emergency currency.