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1 Mark
| Issuer | Frose, Municipality of |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The upper half of this uncut Notgeld sheet forms the obverse, framed by a decorative border of white roses and green foliage on a tan ground. A central oval vignette contains a rebus puzzle (Bilderrätsel) composed of symbolic pictograms, captioned above 'Bilderrätsel' and below 'Preisrätsel Teil 1' in Gothic blackletter script. The serial number appears on a tan band beneath the oval, flanked by the printer's imprint 'Louis Koch' at left and 'Halberstadt' at right, with the denomination 'Eine Mark' rendered in large Gothic lettering across the centre dividing strip. |
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| Obverse lettering | Frose i Anhalt Bilderrätsel Preisrätsel Teil 1 Eine Mark LOUIS KOCH HALBERSTADT |
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Frose is a small village in the Anhalt region — now part of Saxony-Anhalt — and this 1 Mark piece is typical of the municipal notgeld wave that swept German small communities in 1921, when ongoing coin shortages and post-war economic dislocation pushed even modest administrations into emergency currency production. Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer who handled notgeld commissions for numerous Anhalt municipalities during this period, which means design quality and paper stock varied considerably across his output.
Frose's total issuance figures are not well documented, making survival rates difficult to assess.