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5 Pfennig Kaufmännischer Verein
| Issuer | Kaufmännischer Verein e.V. Gardelegen |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 89 × 54 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of the Gardelegen city gate, a medieval brick gatehouse with a conifer tree visible behind the fortification wall, rendered in fine line engraving. The denomination numeral "5" appears in green to the left and the abbreviation "Pfg." in green to the right of the vignette. The issuer's name is set in letterpress across the top, with validity and date inscriptions below the vignette, and two manuscript signatures at lower right above the printer's imprint. |
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| Reverse description | Central circular portrait vignette of the German cabaret artist and comedian Otto Reutter, shown bust-length in formal attire with a bow tie, framed by crossed laurel branches with theatrical comedy and tragedy masks at the intersections. The denomination numeral "5" appears in each of the four corners within decorative frames. A light guilloche underprint with floral and heraldic motifs covers the field, and a four-line verse in Low German dialect is set in letterpress below the portrait vignette, attributed to Otto Reutter. |
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Gardelegen's commercial association — a merchants' guild rather than a municipal or banking authority — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that followed Germany's postwar economic dislocation. Kaufmännischer Vereine across Germany stepped in where official coinage had effectively vanished from circulation, producing Kleingeldersatz that was backed by nothing more than the collective standing of local business members.
Julius Könecke printed commercially for the regional Gardelegen market and handled several local Notgeld commissions. The DeNG reference places this within a closely documented series for the issuer, suggesting at least three variants exist.