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1 Mark Stadtbank
| Issuer | Stadtbank Glogau |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper (Handmade) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a full-border historical battle vignette rendered in fine letterpress, illustrating the Prussian storming of Glogau in 1741 under Prince Leopold of Dessau: uniformed soldiers advance with muskets and bayonets past ruined buildings, with starburst artillery flashes illuminating the background cityscape. The denomination EINE MARK is inscribed in large serif capitals within a black banner across the top, while the caption DIE ERSTÜRMUNG VON GLOGAU 1741 DURCH DIE PREUSSEN UNTER PRINZ LEOPOLD VON DESSAU runs along the lower border. Stylised Art Nouveau foliate ornaments flank the left and right edges, and the design-registration mark D.R.G.M. 795679 appears beneath the outer frame. |
| Reverse lettering | EINE MARK DIE ERSTÜRMUNG VON GLOGAU 1741 DURCH DIE PREUSSEN UNTER PRINZ LEOPOLD VON DESSAU D. R. G. M. 795679 |
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Glogau's Stadtbank issued this note during the Kleingeldersatz crisis of the early Weimar period, when municipal and commercial bodies across Germany flooded circulation with locally produced Notgeld to compensate for the near-total disappearance of small coin. Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott, based in Glogau itself, were a serious regional printing house with genuine engraving capabilities — not a makeshift emergency operation.
Heinrich Schiestl's involvement is the real point of interest. The Würzburg-based artist contributed designs to dozens of Notgeld issues and brought a distinctly medievalist illustrative sensibility to the format. His work for Glogau reflects that same hand.
The handmade paper substrate was a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure, not an aesthetic choice.