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1 Mark
| Issuer | Ehrenfriedersdorf, City of |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Ehrenfriedersdorf 1 Mk. Dieses Notgeld verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung. Ehrenfriedersdorf, 1. Aug. 1921 Der Stadtrat Bürgermeister. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOTGELD der Stadt EHRENFRIEDERSDORF 1 Mk. - und sind wie ein Gras das da frühe blühet und bald welk wird: - Oswald Barthels Tod. |
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Ehrenfriedersdorf is a small mining town in the Erzgebirge, historically significant for tin extraction dating back to the medieval period. This 1 Mark note is a product of the Kleingeldschein emergency, the nationwide small-change shortage that hit German municipalities hard in 1921 as coin metal remained scarce following the war. Towns of this size issued their own notgeld not as a policy choice but out of necessity — the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough subsidiary coinage to keep local commerce moving.
Erzgebirge municipal notgeld from this period was produced by a range of local and regional printers, and quality varies considerably across the district.