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10 Pfennig Kolonialwaren-Handels-Verein
| Issuer | Kolonialwaren-Handels-Verein für Kaufleute, Chemnitz |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion carries a bold dark banner with the denomination '10 Pfennig 10' in large letterpress type. Below, a repeating numeral underprint pattern frames a central oval vignette of the Ka-Ha-Vau cooperative building — a multi-storey commercial structure rendered in fine line engraving with the cooperative's monogram visible above the entrance. Flanking text blocks at lower left and right carry the issuer's legal status and validity clause, with small star ornaments in the bottom corners. |
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| Reverse description | The entire field is covered by a dense repeating underprint of the numeral '10'. At centre, an oval cartouche frames a large equilateral triangle bearing the Ka-Ha-Vau trademark monogram at its apex and the cooperative name and city name within its body. The denomination numerals '10' appear in ornamental roundels at upper left and right, with 'Pf' abbreviations in the lower corners. |
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The Kolonialwaren-Handels-Verein für Kaufleute was a grocers' and colonial goods traders' cooperative — "Kolonialwaren" being the German trade category covering imported staples like coffee, sugar, rice, and spices. Issuing small-denomination scrip of this kind was a common workaround during Germany's chronic small-change shortages of the early Weimar period, when official coins effectively vanished from circulation due to hoarding and metal costs exceeding face value.
Richard Müller was a Chemnitz-based commercial printer who produced a large volume of local Notgeld, and the 60 × 40 mm format is characteristic of the smallest emergency issues — sized to fit a till, not a wallet.