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1 Mark
| Issuer | Fürstenwalde, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the civic coat of arms of Fürstenwalde an der Spree — a large shield divided into two quarters bearing a black eagle on gold and a red eagle on white, surmounted by an oak tree and a mural crown with a spread black eagle above — framed by decorative letterpress borders in red and black. To the left, a circular wreath cartouche on a dark ground carries the inscription 'Gutschein der Stadt' in Gothic script, while a matching cartouche to the right reads 'Fürstenwalde Spree'; both cartouches are ornamented with red flowers at the corners. The lower portion contains a text panel with the legal tender clause, the serial number, the year 1921, and two manuscript signatures above the imprint 'DRUCK: J. A. SCHWARZ, LINDENBERG I. ALLGÄU'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Wer weiß, ob wir uns wiedersehn Am grünen Strand der Spree Gutschein der Stadt Fürstenwalde Spree Dieser Gutschein wird an allen Städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen Er verliert seine Gültigkeit drei Monate nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung. Der Magistrat. 1921 DRUCK: J. A. SCHWARZ, LINDENBERG I. ALLGÄU |
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Fürstenwalde an der Spree issued this Notgeld during the acute coin shortage that followed Germany's post-WWI economic dislocation — small denominations had effectively vanished from circulation as metal values outpaced face values and hoarding became endemic. Municipal authorities across the Reich filled the gap with locally sanctioned paper, and Fürstenwalde was among hundreds of towns that contracted out the work to specialist printers. J. A. Schwarz in Lindenberg im Allgäu was a prolific producer of such commissions, handling orders from municipalities scattered across Germany well beyond their immediate region.
The 1921 date places this note in the later phase of Serienscheine production, by which point collector demand had begun distorting print runs — some issues were pressed in quantities that never saw a cashier's drawer.