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10 Pfennig Festenberg; Kolonialwarenhändler
| Issuer | Einkaufsgenossenschaft Festenberger Kolonialwarenhändler E.G.M.B.H. |
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| Year | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | Beige paper with an olive-green guilloche underprint forming an all-over lattice pattern within a black decorative outer border. The numeral "10" appears at left within a ruled panel, with the denomination in Gothic script at centre. Validity text in Gothic letterpress occupies the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Zehn Pfennig Gültig bis zum Ablauf desjenigen Monats,der auf dem Monat folgt,in dem in der"Festenberger Zeitung" zur Rückgabe aufgefordert worden ist. |
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Emergency small-change scrip issued by a grocers' purchasing cooperative in Festenberg, Silesia — now Twardogóra, Poland. Municipal and commercial Kleingeldersatz flooded Germany from 1914 onward as hoarding drained silver and copper coins from circulation almost immediately after the outbreak of war. A cooperative of this type issuing its own notgeld is unusual; most retail scrip came from individual merchants or town councils, not from member-owned buying groups.
Redemption would have been limited to participating member shops, which in practice confined these notes to an extremely local economy.