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5 Pfennig EDEKA
| Issuer | EDEKA (Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler), Berlin |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1921 |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and carries the EDEKA cooperative voucher design, with the denomination '5 Pfennig' set within a bold black triangle at centre. The issuer name 'EDEKA' appears above, with the voucher value and validity inscription 'Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1921' printed in letterpress below the triangular vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDEKA . GUTSCHEIN im werte von EDEKA 5 PFENNIG Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1921 |
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EDEKA — the purchasing cooperative for colonial goods retailers — issued small-denomination notgeld during the post-WWI currency chaos to facilitate transactions among its member traders when official coinage had effectively vanished from circulation. These pieces were cooperative scrip in the strictest sense: internally functional, not publicly guaranteed. The issuer's full name, Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler, reflects a retail sector that would soon rebrand aggressively as the colonial goods trade became politically awkward through the 1920s.