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1 Mark Wareneinkaufsverein
| Issuer | Wareneinkaufsverein zu Gotha, e.G.m.b.H. |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown letterpress on cream-toned paper with an overall red geometric diamond-pattern underprint framed by a red border. The issuer's name appears in Gothic script along the top margin, followed by the voucher designation 'Gutschein Nr. A' and an alphanumeric serial number at upper right. A central rectangular cartouche carries the denomination statement 'Werte von einer Mark' in mixed Gothic typefaces, with the numeral '1 Mark' repeated in bold Gothic script at lower left. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower right above the repeated issuer name. |
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| Signature(s) | Neurer and Balz |
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The Wareneinkaufsverein zu Gotha was a cooperative purchasing society — essentially a collective procurement body for member retailers in the Gotha region. Notes of this type were issued as private emergency currency (Notgeld) during the acute coin shortages of the First World War period, circulating within a closed commercial network rather than through any banking channel. Redemption depended entirely on the issuer remaining solvent, which not all such cooperatives did.
The Hofbuchdruckerei was the court printing house in Gotha, a commercially active firm with a long history of quality work — a sensible local choice, though it lent these scrip notes a slightly more official appearance than their legal standing warranted.