Catalog
1 Pfennig Konsumverein für Magdeburg und Umgebung
| Issuer | Konsumverein für Magdeburg und Umgebung, eGmbH |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cardboard token note with a simple typeset border enclosing all text. The issuer's name appears at the top in two lines, followed by the legend 'Warenbonmarke' in bold letterpress across the centre, with the word 'Wert' and the numeral '1' to the right indicating the denomination in Pfennig. A printed serial number appears in the lower centre field. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, consisting of plain coarse cardboard with a naturally rough, fibrous texture and no inscriptions, vignettes, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Consumer cooperatives (Konsumvereine) across Germany issued their own small-denomination scrip during the chronic small change shortages of the early Weimar period, and this Magdeburg example is among the more localized — redeemable only within the cooperative's own network of member shops rather than any public circulation channel. The eGmbH legal designation marks it as an eingetragene Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftpflicht, the standard registered cooperative structure under the 1889 Genossenschaftsgesetz.
Cardboard pfennig notes of this type were typically lithographed locally and are prone to corner splits and edge softening from counter handling.