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1.50 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis-Sparkasse Hofgeismar |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis Hofgeismar Die Kreis-Sparkasse zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinen Guthaben an den Inhaber 1,50 Mk Konto E No 40667 GEBR. GOTTHELFT, CASSEL |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Hofgeismar is a small Hessian town north of Kassel, and its Kreis-Sparkasse — a district savings bank, not a central or commercial bank — was among hundreds of German municipal and local institutions forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1920s. The 1.50 Mark denomination is distinctly odd, a product of the practical chaos of Notgeld production rather than any monetary policy logic.
Gebrüder Gotthelft was a well-established Kassel printing house responsible for a substantial volume of regional Notgeld across Hesse-Nassau. The presence of a watermark on a local emergency note of this type is worth noting — many comparable issues from smaller issuers skipped security features entirely.