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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Mülhausen im Elsass (City Treasury of Mulhouse, Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine) |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Non-issued banknote |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed on plain white paper in black Gothic script, the note centres on the heraldic coat of arms of Mülhausen rendered in red and black with two rampant lions as supporters, bearing a cancellation bar across the shield. A large circular official ink stamp of the Bürgermeisteramt Mülhausen i.E., Bezirk Ober-Elsass is applied to the left, while two manuscript signatures appear to the right — the mayor's in red ink above, and the Kontrollbeamte's in black ink below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtkassen-Bon Eine Mark zahlt die Stadtkasse in Mülhausen i. Els. ohne Legitimationsprüfung dem Einlieferer dieses Stadtkassen-Bons in Beträgen von nicht unter zwanzig Mark. Mülhausen i. Els., den 3. August 1914. Der Bürgermeister : Ausgabe- und Zahlstelle ist die Städtische Sparkasse. Ausgefertigt : Der Kontrollbeamte : Ch. Raby, Mülhausen |
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Mulhouse had been German-administered territory since the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, and when war broke out in August 1914 the city found itself inside a contested zone — French forces briefly occupied parts of Alsace within days of the declaration. Municipal notgeld of this type emerged precisely because metallic coin vanished from circulation almost immediately under wartime hoarding pressure. The city treasury issued these notes on its own authority, with local printer Ch. Raby handling production entirely within Mülhausen.
French forces permanently retook Mulhouse in November 1918, after which German-language municipal paper became worthless overnight.