Veilsdorf copper mark
The Veilsdorf copper stamps were a so-called "factory money" that was issued by the porcelain factory Kloster Veilsdorf in the so-called truck system in 1822. It was not a question of regular money, as it was not a generally accepted means of payment, but only a money substitutewas. Therefore, due to a lack of sovereign legitimation, it is not a question of coins, even if the indication of value in cruisers suggests this. Factory money was an integral part of the wages of the workers. In principle, these brands could only be used for purchases in the shops and canteens of the factory owner who was able to maximize his profit. This practice was largely prohibited by law in the second half of the 19th century. The ban does not include food brands that are not paid out as wages, but are paid beforehand. At times, the Veilsdorf copper brands are not only used in internal payment transactions, but also in the vicinity of the Veilsdorf monasteryinstead of regular change. At times they are said to have even met with acceptance beyond the state borders of Saxony-Hildburghausen .
literature
- Peter Kress, The equivalents of Closter Veilsdorf and other Thuringian porcelain factories and manufactories - 100 years of factory money from 1759-1855, in: Yearbook of the Society for Thuringian Coin and Medal Studies, Volume 14, pp. 188–215, Leipzig 2003
Individual evidence
- ^ Kress, page 195