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1 Mark Königs-Wusterhausen
| Issuer | Gemeinde Königs-Wusterhausen |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in multicolour letterpress and centred on a fine guilloche underprint. The municipal coat of arms of Königs-Wusterhausen — a quartered shield surmounted by a tree and flanked by decorative scroll cartouches — occupies the centre, with the denomination numeral '1' on the left scroll and the Gothic 'M' abbreviation for Mark on the right. The town name 'Königs-Wusterhausen' runs along the lower register in bold Gothic script, with a serial number and the facsimile signature of the Gemeindevorsteher (municipal head) beneath. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Gemeinde Verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufruf 1 M Königs-Wusterhausen Der Gemeindevorsteher: |
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Königs-Wusterhausen is a small town southeast of Berlin, and this 1921 Notgeld issue is typical of the hyperinflationary pressures bearing down on municipal budgets across Weimar Germany at the time — small denominations in short supply, local governments forced to fill the gap themselves. Selmar Bayer was a Berlin printer who handled a substantial volume of emergency municipal issues during this period, not a specialist banknote firm.
At 1 Mark, this note sat at the practical threshold where coin shortages were most acutely felt in everyday transactions.