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0.42 Mark Gold
| Uitgever | Stadt Wetzlar (City of Wetzlar) |
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| Jaar | 1923 |
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| Samenstelling | Paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse is dominated by a central dark-blue letterpress vignette panel carrying the denomination '0.42 MARK GOLD' in large numerals, flanked on either side by panels inscribed '1/10 DOLLAR', all set within an ornate scrollwork cartouche. Above the denomination vignette, the legend 'WERTBESTÄNDIGER NOTGELDSCHEIN' is printed in bold gothic capitals, while below the cartouche a three-paragraph German text block states the note's backing in Reichs treasury bonds and authorisation by the Reich Finance Minister, dated 'Wetzlar, den 20. November 1923'. The lower portion bears the issuing authority line 'Der Bürgermeister der Stadt Wetzlar', a manuscript signature, and the series letter and serial number in red; a stub at right repeats the denomination vertically alongside a small green city arms underprint. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | Altes Siegel der Stadt Wetzlar. Februar 1377. MÖHL |
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Wetzlar's notgeld program in 1923 sits squarely in the hyperinflation emergency, when municipal authorities across Germany were effectively forced to issue their own fractional currency as Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than they could be printed. The "Gold Mark" denomination is the telling detail here — by mid-1923, ordinary paper mark values were meaningless within hours of issue, so many municipalities pegged their notgeld to the gold mark as a stabilization fiction, giving the currency at least notional purchasing power.
Scharfes Druckerei was a local Wetzlar press, which kept production costs and turnaround times manageable during a period when the logistics of commissioning outside printers had become nearly impossible.