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1,25 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt-Hauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadt-Hauptkasse Hohenfriedeberg zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber Eine Mark und Fünf und Zwanzig Pfennig Hohenfriedeberg Konto D |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-width landscape vignette in black and ochre tones, framed by an arched border of intertwined foliage and crossed post-horns. A panoramic view of the Siegeshöhe hill with its memorial tower rises above a wooded foreground, while a lute-playing wanderer in period costume occupies the lower left corner. Denomination roundels bearing '1,25' are placed in the upper corners, and the caption 'Siegeshöhe' appears in a scroll at the foot of the central scene. |
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Hohenfriedeberg — now Dobromierz in southwestern Poland — was a small Silesian town whose name carried outsized military resonance: Frederick the Great's decisive 1745 victory over the Austro-Saxon forces was fought on its doorstep. By 1922, the town was issuing Notgeld in the chaotic interlude between the postwar inflation spiral and the eventual collapse of the Papiermark. The 1,25 Mark denomination is an odd one, reflecting the practical scramble to cover specific change shortages rather than any tidy monetary logic.