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1 Mark Buchdruckerei Rehmann
| Issuer | Buchdruckerei Heinrich Rehmann, Bockenem |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | 31 December 1923 |
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| Obverse lettering | Ambergau Notgeld Mein Lebenslauf ist bald erzählt. — In stiller Ewigkeit verloren schlief ich, und nichts hat mir gefehlt, bis daß ich sichtbar ward geboren. Was aber nun? — Auf schwachen Krücken, ein leichtes Bündel auf dem Rücken, bin ich getrost dahin geholpert, bin über manchen Stein gestolpert mitunter grad, mitunter krumm, und schließlich mußt ich mich verschnaufen; bedenklich rieb ich meine Glatze und sah mich in der Gegend um. Ohweh! Ich war im Kreis gelaufen, stand wiederum am alten Platze, und vor mir dehnt sich lang und breit wie ehedem, die Ewigkeit. Wilhelm Busch März 1907. Dieser Schein kann bis 31. 12. 1923 bei mir eingelöst werden. Heinr. Rehmann, Buchdruckerei, Bockenem. |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a full central vignette in polychrome letterpress illustrating the grave monument of Wilhelm Busch at Mechtshausen near Bockenem, enclosed by a wrought-iron fence, with tall conifers and foliage in the background against a pale sky. The denomination "Eine Mark" appears in a gold-yellow panel at the top in ornate Gothic blackletter, and a descriptive caption in the same yellow panel runs along the bottom. Corner ornaments in teal repeat the geometric cross motif of the obverse. |
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Bockenem is a small town in Lower Saxony, and in the chaos of 1923 hyperinflation, even local print shops became de facto currency issuers. Buchdruckerei Heinrich Rehmann — a commercial printing house, not a financial institution — produced this notgeld out of practical necessity when Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than they could be distributed. The issuer and the printer are the same operation, which was not unusual for small-denomination emergency issues of this period but does mean quality control and authorisation were entirely local.