Catalog
1.50 Mark
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Malchow |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note is occupied by the municipal coat of arms of Malchow — a heraldic shield with two brick towers flanking a central motif of a heart and key, supported by ornate scrollwork, set within a decorative border panel with the city name 'MALCHOW i/M.' above and an account number below. The right half carries the payment text in Gothic blackletter script on a plain field, with the denomination 'Eine Mark Fünfzig Pfennig' set apart in a red-bordered cartouche. The lower margin bears the imprint of the issuing authority 'Stadtkasse' and the printer's name. |
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| Obverse lettering | MALCHOW i/M. Die Sparkasse der Stadt Malchow in Mecklenburg: Zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus meinem Guthaben an den Inhaber Eine Mark Fünfzig Pfennig Malchow i/M. Stadtkasse. Konto No 1 FLEMMING u. WISKOTT-A. G. GLOGAU. |
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Malchow is a small lakeside town in Mecklenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities it turned to emergency paper money — Notgeld — during the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany from 1914 onward. The 1.50 Mark denomination is an odd one, almost certainly reflecting a specific local wage or fare calculation rather than any standard currency unit, which is precisely why municipal Notgeld denominations vary so wildly from town to town.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were prolific Notgeld printers, supplying dozens of savings banks and municipalities across northern and eastern Germany. The Sparkasse der Stadt Malchow — the municipal savings bank, not a commercial institution — was the issuing authority, a common arrangement since savings banks held enough local trust to make the paper acceptable in trade.