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1 Mark Kreis-Handwerkerbund
| Issuer | Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau a/W. |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreis-Handwerkerbund-Stolzenau a/W. Gutschein über 1 Mark 100 Pfennig Lit. D Gegen Einlieferung dieses Gutscheines zahlt die Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. Stolzenau a/Weser 100 Pfennig Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 30. Juni 1922 Kreis-Handwerkerbund Stolzenau a/W. Spar- u. Creditbank e.G.m.b.H. den 15. Nov. 1921 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into three vertical panels set within a decorative blue scroll border with a red outer frame. The left panel bears a yellow heraldic shield with crossed tools (hammer and file), while the right panel displays a red shield charged with two crossed keys. The central vignette presents a blacksmith at his anvil before an open forge fire, rendered in detailed letterpress style, with the denomination "1 Mark" in white Gothic lettering above. Two horizontal text cartouches below the flanking shields carry a split motto, and a broad lower banner bears the proverb "Handwerk hat goldenen Boden" in large Gothic script. |
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Stolzenau an der Weser is a small market town in Lower Saxony, and its local Handwerkerbund — the artisans' trade association — issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in 1921. Municipal and private issuers filled that vacuum when the Reichsbank could not produce low-denomination coin fast enough to meet everyday demand. These association-backed notes carried no state guarantee whatsoever; their acceptance depended entirely on local trust in the issuing body.
Kreis-level Notgeld from trade guilds rather than municipal treasuries is considerably less common than town-issued equivalents, and Stolzenau examples surface infrequently in specialist German Notgeld auctions.