1 Mark - Münsterberg

Münsterberg's porcelain notgeld emerged from the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany after World War I, when municipal authorities across the country resorted to issuing their own emergency currency in whatever materials were locally available. Lower Silesia had proximity to established ceramic industries, which made fired porcelain a practical — if fragile — solution. The brown variant is catalogued separately from white and painted versions of the same type, distinctions that matter considerably to collectors of this specific series.