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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Genthin (City of Genthin) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Genthin Eine Mark Eine Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städt. Kassen in Zahlung genommen und verliert drei Monate nach Aufforderung zur Einlösung seine Gültigkeit. Genthin, den 1. Juli 1921. Der Magistrat. Alfred Hanf-Erfurt. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a bold woodcut-style landscape vignette in black and teal, showing a tall cylindrical tower and ruined masonry structure set amid dense trees and reflected in water below, likely depicting a local Genthin landmark. A dark upper banner bears the Gothic lettering aphorism "Vom Unglück erst" and a lower banner continues the maxim in two lines of Gothic script. The overall composition is enclosed within a teal outer border with a heavy black inner frame. |
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Genthin is a small town in the Magdeburg district of Saxony-Anhalt, and its 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency money — produced not under the acute wartime chaos of 1914–1918 but during the inflationary grind that followed. By 1921, municipal issuers had become increasingly sophisticated, and Alfred Hanf of Erfurt was a regional printer who handled a number of these smaller Thuringian and Saxon commissions.
The 1 Mark denomination places this at the cusp of relevance — within two years, the hyperinflation would render it worthless long before any redemption date.