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1 Mark
| Issuer | Bückeburg, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned Notgeld note centred on a multicolour vignette of the Jäger-Appell avenue in Bückeburg, with uniformed sentries flanking a tree-lined boulevard receding toward a palace; the artist's signature 'Arnold' appears at the lower right of the vignette. A heraldic emblem with antlers and a cross occupies the upper left, balanced by a stylised rosette at the upper right, while the denomination 'Mk' is printed in large black script at both lower corners. A yellow panel beneath the vignette carries a bold red letterpress inscription recording the event date, below which a smaller black text block states the redemption conditions, the series designation, and two manuscript signatures above the printer's imprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | BÜCKEBURG Wo schinnt woll in der ganzen Welt Dei leiwe Sünne heller? Wo hewwet alle wi sau leiw Us' Barge, Woold un Feller! 2. Strophe des Gedichtes, Use Vaterland v. Dr. Bensen MARK |
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Bückeburg, the capital of the small state of Schaumburg-Lippe, issued this note during the acute coin shortage that swept German municipalities in 1921. With the Reichsbank unable to keep fractional coinage in circulation — hoarding and melting stripped it out almost as fast as it was minted — hundreds of German towns turned to local paper, and Bückeburg was no exception. H.M. Hauschild in Bremen was a prolific printer of such Notgeld series, handling commissions from municipalities across northern Germany throughout this period.
The designer credit to "Arnold" appears in the plate but remains unattributed beyond that single name in the reference literature.