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1 Mark Landsberg in Oberschlesien
| Issuer | Stadt Landsberg O/S (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows the municipal coat of arms flanked by a landscape with green fields, a river, and two border poles. The note carries denominations in Pfennig (100 ₰) at upper left and upper right, with the issuing authority inscription below. Letterpress text at bottom records the redemption date of 1 March 1922 and the issue date of 24 May 1921, referencing the Polish insurgent occupation, and is signed by the Magistrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 ₰ 100 ₰ STADT LANDSBERG O/S 1241 Dieser Schein wird bis zum 1. März 1922 bei der Kämmereikasse eingelöst. Landsberg O/S, am 24. Mai 1921, Betreiung v. d. polnisch. Insurgent, Der Magistrat, |
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Landsberg in Oberschlesien — now Góra Śląska in Poland — was one of dozens of Silesian municipalities that resorted to Notgeld issues in the early 1920s as the German economy deteriorated and small-denomination coins vanished from circulation. This 1 Mark piece dates to a period of acute political tension: the third Silesian Uprising had only just concluded, and the League of Nations partition decision dividing Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland was handed down in October 1921. The town itself remained on the German side of the final boundary.
Issued by the Magistrat rather than a local savings bank or chamber of commerce, authority here rested directly with the municipal government.