Catalog
1 Mark Stadtbank
| Issuer | Stadtbank zu Grünberg in Schlesien |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green, blue, and black on white paper, with the central panel bearing the issuing authority's name in Gothic blackletter script above the cheque text and the large denomination legend "Eine Mark" in blue. Flanking the central text panel on both sides are identical vignettes of the Grünberg city arms — a crowned castle gate in yellow and blue — set within circular frames and surrounded by decorative vine and grape cluster motifs typical of Notgeld design. The lower portion contains a yellow guilloche underprint panel with the place and date line, account number, and serial number in black letterpress, with the printer's imprint "Flemming-Wiskott A.G. Glogau" at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in black and grey with blue accents, centred on a detailed letterpress vignette of the Erlöserkirche (Church of the Redeemer) and the Röhrhaus in Grünberg, set amid mature trees. The upper border carries the inscription "Opf- und Weinstadt" in bold blue Gothic lettering flanked by the denomination "1 Mk" at each corner, while decorative scrollwork borders with blue grape cluster motifs frame the left and right edges. The town name "Grünberg" appears in large Gothic blackletter across the lower panel, and the registered design number "D.R.G.M. 795 679" is printed in small type at the foot. |
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Grünberg in Schlesien — now Zielona Góra in western Poland — was a mid-sized Silesian town whose municipal bank issued emergency Notgeld during the inflationary pressures of the First World War period, when central government coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The Stadtbank's 1 Mark note was printed by Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G. in nearby Glogau, a Silesian printing house with deep roots in commercial and security printing across the region.
The guilloche underprint is the only meaningful counterfeit deterrent on a note this modest — appropriate for a local emergency issue that was never expected to travel far beyond the town's own commerce.