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1 Mark Notgeld-Ausstellung
| Issuer | City of Nuremberg (Notgeld-Ausstellung) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | HILFSSCHEIN DER 1. GROSSEN NOTGELD-AUSSTELLUNG IN NÜRNBERG DIESER GUTSCHEIN ÜBER EINE MARK HAT NUR IN DEN AUSSTELLUNGS-RÄUMEN GÜLTIGKEIT VOM 17.-31. JULI 1921 FÜR DIE EINLÖSUNG BIS 31. JULI 1921 BÜRGT DIE AUSSTELLUNGSLEITUNG GEDENKSCHEIN AN DEN 1. INT. NOTGELD-HÄNDLERTAG VOM 23.-28. JULI 1921 IN NÜRNBERG E. NISTER NÜRNBERG |
| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette centred on a view of Nuremberg Castle (Kaiserburg), rendered in warm ochre and brick-red tones against a pale ground, with dark foliage in the foreground and a church spire visible to the left. The central architectural vignette is framed by decorative side panels: the left panel bears the Bavarian lozenge pattern with the Nuremberg quartered arms in red and white diagonal stripes, while the right panel carries a gilt-toned ornamental design with the numeral 1. The whole composition is enclosed within a ruled border, the overall artistic treatment consistent with the Art Nouveau lithographic style of the period. |
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Nuremberg's 1921 Notgeld exhibition was one of several collector-oriented events that emerged as municipalities realized souvenir notgeld had become a marketable commodity in its own right. By 1921, the practical emergency currency phase was effectively over; what remained was a thriving secondary market driven by philatelists and collectors, not cashiers. This note was issued for that exhibition specifically — not for wage payments or retail change.
E. Nister was a well-established Nuremberg printer with a long background in chromolithography and illustrated books, which partly explains why exhibition-series notgeld from this city tends toward higher print quality than municipal emergency issues from elsewhere in Bavaria.