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4 Pfennig J. Berner
| Issuer | J. Berner, Fürth (Bavaria) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain tan cardboard note with a single circular violet rubber-stamp impression at centre, enclosing the large numeral '4' and a small 'Pf' denomination mark. The circular legend reads 'GUTSCHEIN' at top and 'J BERNER' at bottom, with small decorative stars flanking the numeral. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted tan cardboard reverse bearing contemporary handwritten pencil annotations, including the place name 'Fürth' and an initital or signature, likely added by a collector or former owner. |
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Private emergency money issued by a Fürth merchant or tradesman — the kind of hyperlocal Notgeld that flooded Bavaria and the rest of Germany during the First World War's small-change crisis, when hoarding stripped copper and nickel coins from circulation almost entirely. Cardboard issues at this denomination are among the most ephemeral objects in the whole Notgeld universe; they were produced to be spent, not saved, and most disintegrated in a few months of pocket use.
The Tieste Va reference places this firmly in the municipal and private Bavarian series. Nothing further is documented about J. Berner beyond the issuer name.