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5 Pfennig Ilse-Wohlfahrts-Gesellschaft
| Issuer | Ilse-Wohlfahrts-Gesellschaft m.b.H., Grube Ilse |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#0487.1-2/5 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark grey-black on white paper, with ornate letterpress borders framing the design. The numeral '5' appears in the upper left and lower right corners within the border, flanked by the vertical inscription 'Pfennige' on each side. At centre, a circular vignette carries the monogram 'ILSE' above the issuer's name 'Ilse-Wohlfahrts-Gesellschaft m.b.S.' and the mine designation 'Grube Ilse N.-L.', beneath the large bold heading 'Gutschein' at top. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on plain paper, with a simple typeset layout. The large numeral '5' appears at top centre above the denomination 'Pfennige' in bold lettering, followed by the issuer's name 'Ilse-Wohlfahrts-Gesellschaft m.b.H.' and mine designation 'Grube Ilse N.-L.' A block of small text in German occupies the lower portion of the note, stating the conditions of acceptance and redemption. |
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Grube Ilse was a lignite mining operation in the Niederlausitz region, and like many large German industrial employers during the inflationary period, its welfare subsidiary — the Ilse-Wohlfahrts-Gesellschaft — issued its own small-denomination scrip to keep wages functional when Reichsbank notes were either unavailable in small cuts or depreciating faster than they could be distributed. Starke & Sachse of Grossenhain were a regional printer responsible for a significant volume of this kind of industrial Notgeld, and their output for colliery and factory issuers tends to be typographically plain and workmanlike rather than decorative.