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1⁄20 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 | Typeset letterpress note printed in teal-green ink on cream paper, framed by a decorative border of repeating diamond and geometric ornaments. The bold title legend 'Holzgutschein der Stadt Bad Wildungen' runs across the top, with the series designation and denomination '1/20 Fm. Buchennutzholz mittlerer Güte' set in large Gothic blackletter typeface in the upper field. The lower portion carries the full terms of redemption in justified text, the issuing date 'den 5. November 1923', and three manuscript signatures of municipal board members alongside a circular official municipal stamp. |
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| Obverse lettering | Holzgutschein der Stadt Bad Wildungen Serie A No.858 Gegen diesen Gutschein liefert die Stadt Bad Wildungen 1/20 Fm. Buchennutzholz mittlerer Güte. Holzgutscheine der Serie A, verlieren am 31. Dez. 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. Buchennutzholz 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. 858 In exchange for this voucher, the City of Bad Wildungen will deliver 1/20 cubic meter of beech timber of medium quality. Wood vouchers of Series A will expire on December 31, 1923, at 12 noon. The municipal board may also call for the cancellation of Series A vouchers within the validity period with one week's notice. The vouchers will then expire 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 medium-quality beech wood will then be calculated at 20 gold marks according to the last official rate of the day prior to payment. Bad Wildungen, The Municipal Board: November 5, 1923) |
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Bad Wildungen's 1923 Notgeld series was produced at the height of the Weimar hyperinflation, when German municipalities routinely commissioned local printers rather than waiting on an overwhelmed Reichsbank. Paul Pusch was a local firm — not an unusual choice for a spa town of this size, which had neither the budget nor the connections for a specialist printer.
The denomination in Buchenholz — beechwood — marks this as commodity-backed emergency scrip, a format that briefly flourished in timber-rich regions as paper currency lost all credibility. Whether any actual wood was ever exchanged against these notes is doubtful.