Catalog
1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Holzminden (City of Holzminden) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Coloured vignette in a folk-art style set within an octagonal decorative frame of beaded and scrollwork borders. The central scene illustrates the 'Ausmarsch' (parade departure) of the Holzmindener Schützenfest, with a uniformed officer mounted on a white horse at centre, accompanied by riflemen and townspeople in period dress. Denomination panels reading '1M' appear at lower left and lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | HOLZMINDENER SCHÜTZENFEST AUSMARSCH (BILD 2) 1M 1M |
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Holzminden's 1921 notgeld issue was produced by Gebrüder Jänecke, a Hannover firm better known for its ink manufacturing than its printing — though by the early Weimar period the company had developed a competent securities and commercial print operation. The 1 Mark denomination places this squarely in the inflationary transitional phase before hyperinflation rendered mark-denominated municipal paper effectively worthless within two years of issue.
Holzminden, a small Lower Saxon town on the Weser, issued notgeld primarily to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued German municipalities after the war. Most of these civic issues had short redemption windows and were not intended to survive.