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⅒ Fm. Buchenholz Wildungen
| Issuer | Stadt Bad Wildungen (Gemeindevorstand) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Notgeld (1914-1923) |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note with a dense guilloche underprint covering the entire field, enclosed by a decorative typographic border with repeating ornamental motifs at the corners and edges. The heading 'Holzgutschein der Stadt Bad Wildungen' is set in bold blackletter type at the top, with the denomination '1/10 Fm. Buchennußholz mittlerer Güte' in large display type across the centre. The lower portion carries the full redemption and validity conditions in Fraktur script, dated 5 November 1923, with a circular municipal stamp and three manuscript signatures of the Gemeindevorstand. |
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| Obverse lettering | Holzgutschein der Stadt Bad Wildungen Serie A No.1311 Gegen diesen Gutschein liefert die Stadt Bad Wildungen 1/10 Fm. Buchennußholz mittlerer Güte. Holzgutscheine der Serie A, verlieren am 31. Dezember 1923, mittags 12 Uhr, ihre Gültigkeit. Der Gemeindevorstand kann die Gutscheine der Serie A auch innerhalb der Geltungsdauer mit einwöchiger Frist zur Auflösung aufrufen. Die Scheine verlieren dann am letzten Tage der Frist ihre Gültigkeit. Der Gemeindevorstand kann bestimmen, dass die Einlösung statt Holz in Gold beliebiger Währung erfolgt. Der Fm. Buchennußholz mittlerer Güte wird dann mit 20 Goldmark nach dem letzten amtlichen Kurse des der Zahlung vorausgehenden Tages berechnet. Bad Wildungen, Der Gemeindevorstand: den 5. November 1923 (Translation: Wood Voucher of the City of Bad Wildungen Series A No. 1311 Against this voucher, the City of Bad Wildungen will deliver 1/10 cubic meter of beech timber of medium quality. Wood vouchers of Series A will lose their validity on December 31, 1923, at 12 noon. The municipal board may also call in the Series A vouchers for cancellation with one week's notice during their validity period. The vouchers will then lose their validity on the last day of the notice period. The municipal board may decide that redemption will be made in gold of any currency instead of wood. The cubic meter of beech timber of medium quality will then be calculated at 20 Goldmarks according to the last official rate of the day preceding the payment. Bad Wildungen, The Municipal Board: November 5, 1923) |
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Bad Wildungen, a spa town in Hesse-Nassau, issued Notgeld extensively during the hyperinflation crisis of 1923. The denomination here — one-tenth of a Festmark in Buchenholz (beechwood) — reflects the bizarre ingenuity of municipal emergency currency during this period: the town literally denominated obligations in cordwood rather than Papiermark, sidestepping the worthless Reich currency entirely by anchoring value to a tangible local commodity.
Paul Pusch was a local printer, and the short production run typical of Buchenholz-denominated issues means surviving examples see real collector interest despite modest face origins.