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1 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Grünberg (Lower Silesia) |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and grey letterpress vignette with two wine merchants in period costume flanking a central heraldic shield surrounded by grapevine ornaments, each figure resting on a large barrel. Denomination '1 Mark' appears in Gothic script at lower left and right corners against a grey panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | der Wirt, der bläst die Lampe aus. Wir tun; der Mond guckt hinterm Obertore ganz leise Dern Arm in Arm nach Haus, u. preisen laut lächelnd noch hervor. Ich schlurf's saust im d. goldnen Trank u. Ziegelberg u. Loben dank. Bettgehäus u. summ i. Traume so ganz leis: "Trank neun - zehn - elf - zwölf Glas Von dem Grüneberger Wein Und ich wer-de se-lig sein" 1 Mark Mark |
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Grünberg (now Zielona Góra, Poland) was a significant textile center in Lower Silesia, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1914–1923, its Magistrat issued emergency Notgeld to cover the acute shortage of small change that plagued local commerce during the war and its aftermath. The Johannes Arndt press in Jena supplied a number of municipal clients across Germany during this period, acting essentially as a commercial Notgeld printer for hire rather than any official monetary authority.
The DeNG 2 catalog placement under #0489.3 indicates a sub-variant within the Grünberg series — collectors should verify the specific date and signature combination, as these details distinguish the variants and drive most of the value differences between them.