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1 Mark - Boldixum auf Föhr
| Issuer | Municipality of Boldixum (Föhr) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Thickness | 3.42 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a stylized sailing vessel depicted in the central field, rendered in a simplified, folk-art manner characteristic of German notgeld porcelain issues. The hull and mast of the boat are clearly delineated against a plain field. The municipality name BOLDIXUM arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin lettering, while A FÖHR curves along the lower periphery. A serial number, 226., appears in the lower central field beneath the vessel. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Boldixum is one of several small parishes on the North Frisian island of Föhr that issued emergency porcelain coinage during the acute small-change shortage of 1920. The Meissen State Porcelain Manufactory produced the bulk of German porcelain notgeld during this period, though some issues were contracted through other firms. Föhr's geographic isolation — an island in the Wadden Sea accessible only by ferry — made the shortage particularly acute, and local municipal issues like this one filled gaps that mainland supply chains could not.