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1 Mark
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse Freienohl (Municipality of Freienohl, Sauerland, Prussian province of Westphalia) |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set against a pale green border surrounding a cream-white field, entirely composed in ornate blackletter (Fraktur) script. The heading 'Notgeldschein' is rendered in large golden calligraphic lettering across the top, followed by the issuing locality 'Freienohl im Sauerland' in bold black Fraktur. A central circular official seal in ochre bears a heraldic device, flanked by the obligation text stating that the Gemeindekasse Freienohl will redeem the note within one month of recall, with signature lines for the Amtmann and the Gemeindevorsteher at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Freiheit Freienohl im Sauerland Die Gemeindekasse Freienohl zahlt dem Einlieferer den Wert dieses Scheines bis einen Monat nach erfolgter Aufrufung Der Amtmann: Der Gemeindevorsteher: No 06268 |
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Freienohl is a small village on the Ruhr river in the Sauerland, and its municipality issued notgeld like hundreds of similarly obscure Westphalian communities during the post-WWI currency emergency. These local authority issues were a direct consequence of the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate small denomination coinage and notes to the provinces — metal had been stripped for war production, and the central supply chain had simply collapsed.
Gemeindekasse issues — literally the municipal cash office — carried real legal tender status within their issuing district, which distinguished them from the purely decorative collector notgeld that flooded the market from 1920 onward.