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| Uitgever | Der kaufmännische Verein Bernstadt (Commercial Association of Bernstadt) |
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| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in dark brown on tan paper with a red geometric guilloche underprint. The left panel bears the Bernstadt municipal coat of arms with an angel crest above a quartered shield, flanked by floral ornaments. Fraktur blackletter inscriptions to the right carry the issuer name, denomination, and a handwritten authorization signature above the invalidation clause. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Stadt Bernstadt i.Schlesien Zehn Pfennig Der kaufmännische Verein Ungültig drei Monate nach Aufruf in den amtlichen Blättern (Translation: City of Bernstadt in Silesia Ten Pfennig The Commercial Association Invalid three months after announcement in the official gazettes) |
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German commercial associations — Kaufmännische Vereine — stepped into the currency vacuum of 1914–1923 with localized emergency money, Notgeld, when official small-denomination coinage vanished from circulation almost immediately after the outbreak of war. Bernstadt's commercial association was one of hundreds of such bodies across Germany and Austria that took on quasi-monetary functions they were never designed for.
The issuer here is the town of Bernstadt an der Weide in Silesia — now Bierutów, Poland — not to be confused with Bernstadt in Baden-Württemberg. That distinction matters for any serious regional Notgeld collection.