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50 Pfennig EDEKA
| Issuer | Zentral-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft e.G.m.b.H. Berlin (EDEKA) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black letterpress text printed over a pink and white underprint incorporating the EDEKA cooperative symbol. The EDEKA logo vignette appears at left, with the denomination, validity date, and terms of acceptance set out in multiple lines of text across the face. The overall layout is characteristic of emergency scrip (Notgeld) issued by retail cooperatives during the early Weimar period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Edeka Gutschein im werte von 50 Pfennig Gültig bis 31. Dezember 1921 Dieser Gutschein wird von allen durch obige Edeka Marke kenntlichen Geschäften bei allen Einkäufen verrechnet. Bareinlösung findet nicht statt. Zentral Einkaufs Genossenschaft e.G.m.b.H. Berlin (Translation: Edeka voucher worth 50 Pfennigs Valid until December 31, 1921 This voucher will be accepted by all stores displaying the above Edeka logo for all purchases. Cash redemption is not possible. Central Purchasing Cooperative e.G.m.b.H. Berlin) |
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EDEKA — the Einkaufsgenossenschaft der Kolonialwarenhändler — began issuing its own emergency scrip during the acute coin shortage of the First World War years, when the German government's inability to keep small-denomination metal in circulation pushed retailers, municipalities, and cooperatives alike to print their own. This note is a product of that improvisation: a wholesale grocery cooperative functioning, temporarily, as a monetary authority for its member stores.
The Zentral-Einkaufs-Genossenschaft was founded in Hamburg in 1907 before relocating administrative operations to Berlin. Scrip of this type circulated only within the cooperative's network and had no legal tender status outside it.