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1 Mark
| Issuer | City of Paderborn (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents a bold silhouette composition of two blacksmiths working at an anvil, rendered in black on an unprinted ground; to the left stands a decorative wrought-iron gate panel, and to the right a tall candelabrum. The lower register contains a four-line verse in Westphalian Low German dialect, flanked left by the numeral '1' with ornamental surround and right by a large gothic 'M'. The border carries the issuing authority text in letterpress around all four margins, with the date 'DEN 10. NOV. 1921' and a facsimile signature of the Magistrat appearing in the upper central field. |
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| Reverse lettering | EINE MARK BUSDORF ·KIRCHE· P. Michels. |
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Paderborn's 1921 Notgeld series was printed by Gebrüder Parcus of Munich, a firm that handled a significant volume of German municipal emergency money during the early Weimar inflation years and brought a comparatively high standard of lithographic finish to what were, in most cases, disposable instruments. The designer credit to P. Michels is worth noting — named designers on Notgeld are not universal, and the attribution suggests this was a commissioned artistic production rather than a stock layout job.
The reference suffix ".4-4/5" indicates this is one of multiple variants within the Paderborn 1 Mark grouping, distinguished by plate differences or paper stock.