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50 Pfennig Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik
| Issuer | Konsum-Anstalt der Kruppschen Gußstahlfabrik, Essen |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Entirely plain cream-coloured paper reverse, wholly unprinted save for the single cautionary instruction 'Nicht brechen.' set in roman type at centre, underscored by a thin horizontal rule extending across the width of the note. No vignette, guilloche, or other decorative element is present. |
| Reverse lettering | Nicht brechen. |
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Krupp's consumer cooperative — the Konsum-Anstalt — functioned as a company store network serving workers at the Essen steelworks, and these small-denomination notes were issued as internal scrip redeemable only within that system. The practical effect was to keep wages cycling back through Krupp's own retail infrastructure, a common enough arrangement in large German industrial concerns of the Wilhelmine period but one Krupp pursued at exceptional scale.
The physical smallness of the note is not incidental — pieces this size were produced cheaply and in volume, intended for daily grocery transactions, not savings.