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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Fürstenberg in Mecklenburg (City of Fürstenberg, Mecklenburg-Strelitz) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. [serial number] 1 M. Gutschein der Stadt- Fürstenberg i. Meckl. Eine Mark Fürstenberg i. Meckl., 1. Juli 1920. Der Rat |
| Reverse description | Uniform light blue guilloche underprint frames a central oval medallion bearing the inscription "Eine Mark" in Gothic Fraktur lettering, flanked symmetrically by two elaborate rosette vignettes. The four corners each carry a bold numeral "1" within decorative scroll cartouches. The remainder of the face is occupied by a six-line redemption clause in Gothic script, stating the note's validity period of three months following public notice and its redeemability at the Sparkasse der Stadt Fürstenberg i. Meckl. |
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Fürstenberg an der Havel issued this 1 Mark note in 1920 under the Notgeld system, which permitted German municipalities to print emergency currency during the severe coin shortage that followed the First World War. The city sits on the border between Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Brandenburg, and its full administrative designation — Stadt Fürstenberg in Mecklenburg — was used specifically to distinguish it from the more prominent Fürstenberg an der Havel in Prussia.
Small-town Notgeld of this period was frequently printed in limited runs by local job printers, and survival rates vary wildly by municipality. Fürstenberg in Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a minor issuer.