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1 Mark Thann
| Issuer | Stadt Thann (Gemeindekasse Thann) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 113 × 79 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain green paper note printed by letterpress, with the issuer name STADT THANN in large bold Gothic type across the top, followed by the year 1914 below. The central text reads GUT FÜR EINE MARK, with the denomination word EINE rendered in a larger display typeface, and the denomination numeral 1 Mk. placed at lower left. A circular Gemeindekasse Thann official validation stamp is impressed at centre, and two manuscript authorisation signatures appear at left and right. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface; the reverse is entirely blank, printed on the same green paper stock as the obverse with no text, vignette, or other printed elements. |
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Thann was an Alsatian town under German administration in 1914, and this note reflects the emergency currency scramble that hit municipalities across the Reich in the opening weeks of the war. When the Reichsbank curtailed coin circulation to preserve metal reserves, thousands of local treasuries — Gemeindekassen like Thann's — issued their own small-denomination Notgeld virtually overnight, often with minimal authorization and even less coordination.
The watermarked paper is worth noting: many comparable 1914 municipal issues used whatever stock was available, making a security feature this deliberate relatively uncommon at this tier of issuer.