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1 Mark
| Emittent | City of Westerland (Notgeld) |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
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| Nennwert | 1 Mark |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | The obverse presents a typographically composed design typical of German Notgeld issues of the early 1920s, with the denomination and issuing authority rendered in letterpress within a structured border. The face value of one Mark is stated in bold central text, accompanied by the name of the issuing municipality, Westerland, and the validity date of 1920. The overall layout is austere and functional, consistent with emergency currency produced under inflationary pressures during the Weimar Republic period. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | The reverse carries the redemption or legal declaration text customary to municipal Notgeld of this period, set in letterpress within a plain or lightly ornamented border frame. Statutory obligations regarding the acceptance and redemption of the note by the City of Westerland are likely stated, along with the printer's imprint referencing Carl Meyer of Westerland-Sylt. The composition is primarily textual, reflecting the utilitarian character of locally issued emergency currency. |
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| Anmerkungen |
Westerland, the main town on the island of Sylt, issued Notgeld during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in 1919–1921, when hoarding of metal coins left municipalities scrambling for substitute currency. The Carl Meyer imprint is local — a Sylt printer producing for a Sylt issuer, which is relatively uncommon; most island and small-town municipalities in the period farmed production out to larger mainland presses in Hamburg or Berlin.
Sylt was also politically contested at this moment. The 1920 Schleswig plebiscite divided the duchy along language lines, and the island voted to remain German. This note was issued in that same year.