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5 Pfennig Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik
| Issuer | Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik |
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| Year | 1915 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-tinted notgeld on plain paper with a guilloche-style underprint covering the full face; a serial number appears in the upper left corner. The large denomination numeral '5' with the legend 'Pfennig' is set in bold letterpress at centre. The issuer's name 'Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik' is presented in three lines within a ruled border box at the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | No 016302 5 Pfennig Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik |
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Krupp's company store — the Konsum-Anstalt — issued scrip denominated in Pfennig during the First World War as small change became increasingly scarce throughout Germany. This was part of a broader wave of Notgeld that flooded the country from 1914 onward, driven by hoarding of metallic coin once war began. Krupp's operation in Essen was vast enough to sustain an internal currency; the workforce at the Gußstahlfabrik numbered in the tens of thousands by 1915, making a functioning canteen and company store economy entirely practical.
Paper at this denomination wore out fast in factory hands.