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1 Mark
| Issuer | Gemeinde Drenke, Kreis Höxter |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour letterpress in red, black, and gold on white paper, with a repeating diamond-pattern border in red and grey framing the entire note. A central vignette rendered in fine line engraving shows a traditional German half-timbered farmhouse with a large tree in the foreground and figures in period dress in the courtyard. Two flanking vertical text cartouches in black and gold present verses in Gothic blackletter script, with the denomination numeral '1' in red at the upper corners and 'Mk.' in red at the lower corners. |
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| Signature(s) | Lücke |
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Drenke is a village in the Weser Uplands, and its appearance as a note-issuing authority in 1921 is entirely a product of the Kleingeldnot — the small-change famine that gripped Germany as the postwar inflation began to bite. Municipalities, cooperatives, even individual businesses were legally permitted to fill the void, producing thousands of locally issued Notgeld series. Most circulated only within the immediate community and were redeemed within months, which is why condition varies so wildly.
The signature of Lücke identifies the responsible municipal official, almost certainly the Bürgermeister or a designated treasurer of the Gemeinde at the time.