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1 Pfennig Kaufmännischer Verein/Vorschußverein, green paper

Issuer Kaufmännischer Verein / Vorschußverein Trebnitz
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Value 1 Pfennig (0.01)
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Reverse description Plain green paper reverse carrying a centred redemption text in Gothic script across five lines, followed by the denomination "1 Pf.", and a cautionary instruction "Nicht zusammenfalten" (Do not fold) printed in bold at the foot of the note. No vignette or ornamental elements are present; the design is entirely typographic.
Reverse lettering Der
Vorschußverein
Trebnitz
zahlt gegen
diesen Gutschein
1 Pf.
Nicht
zusammenfalten
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Trebnitz — today Trzebnica in Lower Silesia — was a small Prussian market town, and the Kaufmännischer Verein and Vorschußverein (commercial association and advance credit cooperative) issuing this note were exactly the kind of local mutual-aid structures that proliferated in German small towns during the Notgeld period. A 1-Pfennig denomination is unusual even by Notgeld standards; most emergency small change began at 5 Pfennig. The green paper itself serves as the primary denomination marker rather than printed color on white stock.

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