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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Oldenburg in Holstein (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | EINE MARK So'n Börgermeister, wenn de ni wer, güngt in de ganze Stadt verquer Weest du mal ni mehr ut noch in, gah driest mal in dat Rathus rin, de Böberste vun'n Magistrat, de weet för alle Saken Rat. Dieser Schein hat Gültigkeit bis zum 1. Jan. 1922 und wird bis zu dem Zeitpunkt von unserer Stadtkasse eingelöst. Oldenburg i. H. 1 Apr. 21 Der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a large colour vignette of the Oldenburg in Holstein Rathaus (town hall), executed in a blue-grey and peach palette in the illustrative manner of artist Wilhelm Johannsen, whose signature appears at the lower left of the vignette; the caption 'Rathaus' is inscribed at its lower right. Denomination numerals '1 M' appear in the upper left and upper right corners against a pale ground, while the town name 'Oldenburg i. Holst.' is set in bold Gothic lettering within a ruled panel at the foot. A decorative zigzag border frames the entire composition, with the printer's imprint running along the lower margin. |
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Oldenburg in Holstein — not to be confused with the Duchy of Oldenburg or the city of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony — was a small Baltic coastal town whose magistrate issued this note under the emergency currency provisions that proliferated across Germany after the Reichsbank's coin shortages became acute in the early 1920s. The printer, C. Fränckel Nchfg. C. Will, was a local firm, meaning this Notgeld never left the region's production and distribution chain.
Wilhelm Johannsen's involvement as designer suggests the note was treated as more than a stopgap — local Notgeld commissions were frequently used as a form of civic promotion, and designers were sometimes paid in the very currency they illustrated.