Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Mark
| Issuer | Gemeinde Wittdün (Municipality of Wittdün, Nordsee, Schleswig-Holstein) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | 104 x 75 mm |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Nordserbad Wittdün 1 Mark Gemeindevorsteher Stellv. Gem. Vorsteher Verordneter Verordneter Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit 4 Wochen nach erfolgter Bekanntmachung im Amrumer Anzeiger |
| Reverse description | Intaglio print (Kupfertiefdruckverfahren) in black with an orange border frame. Central hexagonal vignette shows a woodcut-style cityscape of St. Marien in Danzig with the church towers rising above rooftops and figures in the foreground. Patriotic text borders surround the composition on all four sides. Denomination "1 Mark" repeated left and right within the central frame. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Wittdün is the main settlement on Amrum, one of the North Frisian Islands, and its municipal notgeld was a product of the broader 1921 small-denomination shortage that drove hundreds of German towns to issue their own emergency paper. Broschek & Co. in Hamburg handled a significant volume of notgeld printing for northern German municipalities during this period, supplying notes that were typically better produced than the wartime cardboard issues of 1918–1920.
Island notgeld from this region tends to survive in higher grades than mainland equivalents — limited local circulation, tourist collectors buying them fresh, and the relative insularity of island economies all contributed.