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5 Pfennig Einkaufsvereinigung der Kaufleute des Mansfelder Gebirgs- und Seekreises
| Issuer | Einkaufsvereinigung der Kaufleute des Mansfelder Gebirgs- und Seekreises, e.G.m.b.H. |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown letterpress on cream paper, with a decorative geometric border of zigzag and arrow motifs enclosing the entire note face. The denomination numeral '5' appears in each corner within a diamond-shaped cartouche inscribed 'Pfg.', flanked by foliate ornaments. The word 'Gutschein' is set in large blackletter script at the top centre, beneath which a multi-line text in German Kurrent script gives redemption conditions, references the Volksbank Helbra and Spar- und Kreditbank Mansfeld, and bears the place-date 'Klostermansfeld, den 1. November 1920'; the board signatures ('Der Vorstand') appear in manuscript above a serial number panel at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Die Aufforderung, diesen Gutschein über fünf Pfennig zur Einlösung vorzulegen, wird seinerzeit in den beiden Kreisblättern erscheinen. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn derselbe nicht innerhalb dreier Monate nach erfolgter Aufforderung zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Die Einlösung geschieht an den Kassen der Volksbank Helbra, Spar- und Kreditbank Mansfeld und der Geschäftsstelle der Einkaufsvereinigung in Klostermansfeld. Klostermansfeld, den 1. November 1920. Der Vorstand: Nr. |
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The Mansfeld region's identity in 1920 was almost entirely bound up in copper mining — the Mansfelder Kupferschieferbergbau company dominated the local economy so thoroughly that even a merchants' purchasing cooperative felt the gravitational pull of its workforce. This note was almost certainly issued to ease small-transaction friction during the acute coin shortage that plagued Germany in the immediate postwar years, when Reichsbank metal coinage had essentially vanished from everyday commerce.
J. C. König & Ebhardt of Hannover printed vast quantities of Notgeld for issuers across northern Germany during this period — competent, fast, unremarkable work. The cooperative's full legal designation, "e.G.m.b.H." (eingetragene Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftpflicht), marks this as a registered limited-liability cooperative rather than a municipal or banking issuer.