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1 Pfennig Ernst Pfeiffer
| Issuer | Ernst Pfeiffer (Oybin) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan cardboard note with all text rendered in black Gothic (Fraktur) letterpress. The denomination '1 Pfg.' appears at the top, followed by the word 'Gutschein' in a larger Fraktur script, separated from the issuer details below by a small decorative rule. The issuer name 'Ernst Pfeiffer' and the locality 'Oybin' are printed in the lower portion, centred on the note. |
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| Reverse description | Completely plain tan cardboard surface with no printed design, text, or ornamentation of any kind, consistent with the simple emergency issue character of this Notgeld piece. |
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Ernst Pfeiffer operated from Oybin, a small village in the Zittauer Gebirge of Saxony, and this cardboard Pfennig belongs to the vast ecosystem of German Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitutes — that proliferated during and after the First World War when metal coinage vanished from circulation almost overnight. Local merchants, municipalities, and private businesses were permitted to issue their own fractional notes to keep trade functional. Pfeiffer's issue is among the more obscure private merchant entries in the Tieste catalogue.