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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Elberfeld (City of Elberfeld) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed letterpress vignette of the Schwebebahn-Haltestelle Döppersberg, the suspended monorail station at Döppersberg in Elberfeld, rendered in fine line engraving in black and grey tones with the elevated rail structure, station hall, and street scene with pedestrians and vehicles in the foreground. The denomination '1 MARK' appears in red in both upper corners, with diagonal ribbon underprint repeating '1 MARK' across the upper register. Below the vignette, the caption 'Schwebebahn-Haltestelle Döppersberg' and the city name 'ELBERFELD' are printed in red, with the printer's imprint 'Meise & Möcking G.m.b.H. Vohnwinkel.' at the lower left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 1 MARK Schwebebahn-Haltestelle Döppersberg ELBERFELD Meise & Möcking G.m.b.H. Vohnwinkel. |
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Elberfeld issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the acute small-change shortage that followed Germany's post-WWI economic disruption. The city would merge with Barmen, Vohwinkel, and several other municipalities in 1929 to form Wuppertal, making all Elberfeld-branded issues inherently short-lived as civic documents.
Meise & Möcking operated out of Vohnwinkel, the same district that would be absorbed into Wuppertal alongside Elberfeld — a local printer serving local authorities, which was the practical norm for small-denomination Notgeld production in this period.