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1 Gulden
| Issuer | Stadt Kaiserslautern (City of Kaiserslautern) |
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| Year | 1870 |
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| Value | 1 Gulden |
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| Obverse description | Green guilloche border frames the entire note, with the denomination "EIN GULDEN" repeated vertically along both lateral margins as a decorative underprint. The central text panel carries the issuing authority "Darlehen-Schein der Stadt Kaiserslautern" in Gothic script above the large bold denomination, followed by the payment obligation text in cursive script referencing settlement three months after the conclusion of peace, dated Kaiserslautern, 31 July 1870. Two manuscript signature lines appear at the foot, designated for the Kassirer and the Bürgermeisteramt, with a rectangular cancellation stamp reading "EISENWERK KAISERSLAUTERN" applied in the upper right area. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 fl. südd. Währ. Darlehen der Stadt Kaiserslautern im Interesse der Industrie und im Betrage von fl. 100,000.— genehmigt durch Beschluß der königl. Regierung der Pfalz vom 23. Juli und des Stadtraths von Kaiserslautern vom 28. Juli 1870. Durch das Vermögen der Stadt garantirt. |
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Kaiserslautern issued its own municipal paper money in 1870 because it had to. The Franco-Prussian War, which broke out that July, triggered an immediate hoarding of metal coin across the Bavarian Palatinate — small change vanished from circulation almost overnight, and local authorities across the region stepped in with emergency notgeld to keep daily commerce moving.
Bavaria did not join the North German Confederation until the war forced the issue, and the Palatinate's administrative status made it an awkward jurisdiction. Municipal issues from this period frequently carry local printing, modest engraving, and no central bank backstop — their validity rested entirely on civic trust.