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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtsparkasse Paderborn |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 95 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | The note is divided into three vertical panels within a dark outer border. The central vignette presents a detailed illustration of the former high altar of Paderborn Cathedral (labelled 'DER FRÜHERE DOM HOCHALTAR'), rendered in gold and blue with flanking statuary and an elaborate Baroque canopy. The left panel carries the payment text of the Stadtsparkasse Paderborn in Gothic script, with the denomination 'Eine Mark' at the foot; the right panel bears the validity clause, the date '10. November 1921', the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat', and a facsimile signature. Ornamental initial-letter cartouches in gold and blue, incorporating the letters '1' and 'M', appear in the lower corners. |
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| Obverse lettering | PADERBORN Die Stadtsparkasse Paderborn zahle gegen diese Platzanweisung aus unserm Guthaben an Überbringer • Eine • Mark • Gültig bis 1 Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung Paderborn den 10. November 1921 Der Magistrat DER FRÜHERE DOM HOCHALTAR |
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Paderborn's municipal savings bank issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that plagued German commerce in the early Weimar period, when silver and copper coinage had largely vanished from circulation. Stadtsparkasse issues of this type were redeemable only locally — a deliberate constraint that limited their liability while keeping petty transactions moving in the regional economy.
Wilh. Ruhfus was a Dortmund commercial printer with a substantial Notgeld workload in these years, producing issues for multiple Westphalian municipalities. The DeNG reference covers three known variants within this 1043 series.