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1 Mark
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Jever |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the heraldic coat of arms of Jever, flanked by two rampant golden lions as supporters, above a ribbon cartouche bearing the Latin motto 'DONAT URBI MARIA GUBERNACULA'. The outer side panels, printed in salmon-red with vertical line guilloche, each carry the denomination numeral '1' and the stylised monogram 'M' in an ornamental gothic hand. A lower text panel on an olive-green guilloche underprint contains the promise of payment text in blackletter script, with the header inscription 'Die Stadt der Getreuen' running across the top border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in an olive-green tonal scheme and centres on a detailed architectural vignette of the Jever Schloss tower (labelled 'Jevesches Schloß / d. Turm seit 1736 (A.B.)'), set among trees against a dramatic swirling sky. Flanking the central image are two smaller inset panels showing earlier views of the castle: 'Schloß 1434' at left and 'Schloß 1682' at right. The lower register carries the denominational inscription '1 Mark' in ornate cartouches at each corner and the patriotic legend 'Das ist mein Jeverland' in gothic blackletter across the base; the printer's imprint 'Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg.' appears beneath the lower border. |
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Jever is a small town in what was then the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, and like hundreds of German municipal savings banks during the First World War, its Sparkasse resorted to issuing Notgeld when the Reichsbank's small-denomination metal coinage essentially vanished from circulation — hoarded by the public as bullion values rose. These emergency issues were a local solution to a nationwide problem, with each issuing body responsible for its own redemption guarantee.
Gerhard Stalling was a well-established Oldenburg printer with the capacity to handle regional municipal contracts quickly, which is why so many Lower Saxon Notgeld issues from 1917–1921 carry its imprint.