: Attached to the certificate was a sheet of coupons, according to Deutsche Welle. Each year, Klaus tore a coupon from the sheet and redeemed it for a dividend at his local savings bank. His parents wanted him to learn the way the economy works and gave him the Volkswagen share as a Christmas present. Schopenhauer, the philosopher, didn't have many money worries Klaus was in good company. That where the word "coupon cutter" comes from. Already 200 years ago, Arthur Schopenhauer cashed in so many coupons that he was able to live from the profits and could afford to spend his life philosophizing about "The World as Will and Representation." But the Germans didn't reserve much respect for such investors.
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