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¼ Fm. Buchenholz Wildungen
| Issuer | Stadt Bad Wildungen (Gemeindevorstand) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Paul Pusch, Bad Wildungen, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided letterpress note printed in black on light grey-green guilloche underprint, with a geometric ornamental border running the full perimeter. The title inscription 'Holzgutschein der Stadt Bad Wildungen' appears in bold Gothic blackletter type at the top, followed by the series designation, serial number, and the denomination '¼ Fm. Buchennutzholz mittlerer Güte' in large display type. The lower portion carries the full redemption and validity conditions in small justified text, concluded by the place and date of issue at lower left, an official violet municipal stamp, and three manuscript signatures on behalf of the Gemeindevorstand; the printer's imprint 'Paul Pusch, Bad Wildungen' appears at the lower left margin. |
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| Protection description | Violet circular municipal stamp of the Stadt Bad Wildungen applied at lower left of obverse, alongside three manuscript signatures of municipal officials |
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Bad Wildungen, a spa town in Hesse-Nassau, was among hundreds of German municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when Reichsmark notes lost value faster than the Reichsdruckerei could supply them. The Gemeindevorstand — the town's executive council — issued this quarter Festmark note denominated in Buchenholz, literally beechwood, with the currency value tied to a quantity of firewood rather than to a monetary unit. Wood-backed Notgeld was a regional solution in forested central Germany, where timber was a more reliable store of value than paper.
Paul Pusch was a local printer, not a security specialist, and the official stamp was the only barrier against counterfeiting.