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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Salzwedel (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 113 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 1 Mark / 3 Monate nach öffentl. Aufkündigung erlischt die Gültigkeit / Salzwedel, 15. Dez. 1921 / Der Magistrat / Salzwedel |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein über 1 Mark / Salzwedel |
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Salzwedel's 1921 notgeld issues were produced during the height of Germany's postwar small-change crisis, when municipal authorities across the country scrambled to fill the void left by hoarded and melted metal coinage. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer who handled notgeld contracts for several Altmark and Harz-area municipalities during this period — competent but not among the prestige houses favored by larger cities.
The Magistrat's authorization rather than a private savings bank or chamber of commerce places this firmly in the civic emergency-issue category, distinct from the collectible "serienscheine" produced elsewhere purely for the philatelic trade.