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1 Mark Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Brake (Oldenburg) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in orange, grey, and black, with the denomination shield '1 M' repeated in the upper left and right corners flanked by decorative bollard and anchor chain vignettes. The central rectangular vignette presents a detailed harbour scene of Brake with tall-masted sailing ships, smaller vessels, and a townscape in the background, rendered in a fine line-art style and signed 'KRIWUB' at lower right. A scroll banner across the lower portion carries a quotation in Gothic script, with the design registration number 'D.R.G.M. 795679' printed below. |
| Reverse lettering | Und - welche Wendung dann - durch Gottes Fügung - D.R.G.M. 795679 |
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Brake is a small port town on the Weser, and its municipal savings bank — like hundreds of similar institutions across Weimar Germany — resorted to issuing notgeld in 1922 as rampant inflation made Reichsbank notes scarce in lower denominations almost as fast as they were printed. The 1 Mark denomination placed this squarely in the transitional zone: above the pfennig notgeld that had proliferated since 1916, but already being eroded from below by accelerating prices.
Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau were among the more prolific notgeld printers of the period, handling volume work for municipal issuers across northern and central Germany.