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1 Mark
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Wattenscheid |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | No 7761 Mark 1.— Die Sparkasse der Stadt Wattenscheid zahlt gegen diesen Gutschein, sobald ihr Silber-Vorrat es gestattet, oder ihr zusammen für mindestens 20 Mark Gutscheine vorgezeigt werden, Eine Mark Sämtliche Beträge, auch unter 20 Mark, werden auf Wunsch als Spareinlage gutgeschrieben. Wattenscheid, den 10. August 1914. Dieser Gutschein muss zur Gültigkeit Siegel und 2 Unterschriften tragen und bis spätestens 31. Dezember 1914 eingelöst sein. Sparkasse der Stadt Wattenscheid Erledigt |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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Wattenscheid's municipal savings bank — the Sparkasse der Stadt Wattenscheid — issued emergency paper currency in 1914 as the outbreak of war triggered an immediate hoarding of coins across Germany. These Notgeld issues filled the gap left by vanishing small change within days of mobilization. The Sparkasse had no printing infrastructure of its own; such notes were typically produced by local commercial printers on short notice, which accounts for the variable paper quality seen across surviving examples.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication mechanism, applied individually to each note after printing.