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20 Pfennigs Konsum- und Prod. Verein
| Issuer | Konsum- und Produktions-Verein e.G.m.b.H., Frankenhausen am Kyffhäuser |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided Notgeld coupon printed in red on buff paper, with a plain double-rule border enclosing the entire design. Large denomination numerals '20' appear in bold at left and right within hatched rectangular panels, flanked by small decorative guilloche corner squares. The central text panel carries the issuer name and place of issue in bold letterpress type, with the date of issue below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein für 20 Pf. Konsum- u. Prod.- Verein e. G. m. b. H. Frankenhausen a. Kyffh. am 25. Juli 1920 Gutschein für 20 Pf. |
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German consumer cooperative notgeld from the inflationary surge of 1920, issued when small-denomination coinage had effectively disappeared from circulation and private associations, municipalities, and cooperatives were left to fill the gap themselves. The Konsum- und Produktions-Verein at Frankenhausen am Kyffhäuser was a workers' consumer cooperative — the "e.G.m.b.H." designation marks it as a registered cooperative with limited liability — meaning this scrip would have circulated almost exclusively among members and at cooperative-affiliated shops rather than in general trade.
The handstamp authentication is the only security feature, which was typical for hastily produced cooperative issues and left them vulnerable to copying — though the limited acceptance network made forgery barely worth the effort.