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1 Mark Evangelische Kirchenkasse
| Issuer | Evangelische Kirchenkasse zu Paderborn |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 90 × 60 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark purple on cream paper, the note is divided into three vertical panels. The two flanking panels each carry a large numeral '1' above the word 'MARK' within an ornate Art Nouveau foliate border. The central panel bears the text of the promise to pay in Gothic blackletter script, with 'EINE MARK' set in large bold letters, the issuer name 'PADERBORN' in capitals, the date 'Paderborn, den 31. Juli 1921', and two manuscript signatures on behalf of the Gemeindevertretung. A validity disclaimer appears at the foot of the central panel, and the printer's imprint 'OFFSETDRUCK GEBR. PARCUS MÜNCHEN' is printed below the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die evangelische Kirchenkasse zu PADERBORN wolle zahlen gegen diese Platzanweisung EINE MARK Paderborn, den 31. Juli 1921 für die Gemeindevertretung: Diese Anweisung verliert ihre Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach öffentl. Aufkündigung OFFSETDRUCK GEBR. PARCUS MÜNCHEN. |
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Church-issued notgeld from Paderborn is unusual enough on its own — most ecclesiastical bodies left emergency currency to municipal and commercial issuers. The Evangelische Kirchenkasse zu Paderborn was the Protestant parish treasury, a minority institution in one of the most thoroughly Catholic cities in the Rhineland. Whether the note circulated beyond the immediate congregation or was primarily a fundraising instrument is unclear, but the impulse to issue at all in 1921 reflects how thoroughly the postwar inflation had disrupted even church finances.
Gebrüder Parcus in Munich printed a large volume of Bavarian and regional notgeld during this period and were a reliable mid-tier press for small-denomination emergency issues.