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5 Pfennig Festenberg; Kolonialwarenhändler
| Uitgever | Einkaufsgenossenschaft Festenberger Kolonialwarenhändler E.G.M.B.H. |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1914-1918 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | 5 Pfennigs (5 Pfennige) (0.05) |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Beige paper with an orange guilloche underprint of interlocking scrollwork tiles and a small orange numeral '5' at centre. A black letterpress border of small rectangular links frames the field, and the issuer's name is printed in bold sans-serif capitals across four lines. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | EINKAUFSGENOSSENSCHAFT FESTENBERGER KOLONIAL-WARENHÄNDLER E.G.M.B.H. FESTENBERG IN SCHLESIEN |
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| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
German notgeld issued by a grocery purchasing cooperative — not a municipality or bank — places this squarely in the more obscure tier of WWI-era emergency currency. When the German coin shortage hit hard after 1914, it wasn't just towns and cities that filled the gap; small trade associations and retail cooperatives printed their own scrip for use among members and their customers. The Festenberger Kolonialwarenhändler, a colonial goods merchants' cooperative in Festenberg (now Twardogóra, in present-day Poland, then part of Prussian Silesia), did exactly that.
The issuer's legal form — E.G.m.b.H., Eingetragene Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftpflicht — meant the cooperative carried limited liability, a detail that would have mattered to anyone wondering whether the scrip was actually redeemable.