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1 Mark Vereinigung zur Kunstpflege
| Issuer | Vereinigung zur Kunstpflege, Lübeck |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Typographic design in black on cream paper, with a bold pattern of vertical bars forming a decorative border on both sides of the note. The denomination numeral '1' is printed in large type at the top centre, followed by 'MARK' in smaller lettering beneath a ruled line. The issuer's name and validity date are set in an expressive hand-lettered typeface across the centre field, with a small asterisk ornament above the validity clause. The designer's name 'G. RÖWING' appears in small lettering at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 MARK VEREINIGUNG ZUR KUNSTPFLEGE LÜBECK GÜLTIG BIS 30 OKTOBER 1921 G. RÖWING |
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Vereinigung zur Kunstpflege — literally "Association for the Cultivation of Art" — was one of dozens of Lübeck cultural bodies that issued emergency notgeld during the severe coin shortage of 1921. What distinguishes this issuer is the premise: an arts organization producing currency, however provisional, is an unusual donor to the notgeld record. Röwing's design work here was local, and the note was almost certainly printed in small runs intended partly for collectors, a practice widespread in that period and openly encouraged by municipal and private issuers alike.
The series reference (0832.1-3/3) indicates three variants exist within this type.