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50 Pfennig - Lauenburg an der Elbe
| Issuer | Vorschussverein Lauenburg (Elbe) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Weight | 1.9 g |
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| Obverse lettering | VORSCHUSSVEREIN LAUENBURG (ELBE) WERT: 50 ★ 1917 ✶ |
| Reverse description | The reverse is a mirror image of the obverse, struck in incuse with all design elements appearing as a laterally and vertically inverted reflection. The circular legend, the WERT: inscription, the numeral 50, the central hole, and the flanking stars at the base are all present in mirrored form, consistent with medal alignment dies producing an incuse impression on the second face. |
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The Vorschussverein — literally a "advance association," a form of cooperative credit society pioneered by Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch in the 1850s — was an unusual issuer for notgeld. Most emergency coinage of 1917 came from municipalities or industrial firms; a cooperative lending institution stepping in to provide fractional currency speaks to how completely the German small-change supply had collapsed by mid-war, with hoarding and metal requisitions stripping pfennig denominations from everyday commerce.