Catalog
1 Marka Wejherowo
| Issuer | Starostwo Powiatu Wejherowskiego (District Office of Wejherowo) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 93 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Przekaz na 1 Markę Płatny w kasie powiatowej komunalnej w Wejherowie Wejherowo, dnia 14 lutego 1920r Starosta Skarbnik |
| Reverse description | Plain paper with red letterpress text arranged in two parallel columns — Polish on the left and German on the right — setting out the redemption conditions for the note. A circular red official seal of the Starostwo Powiatu Wejherowskiego, bearing a Polish eagle, is centrally impressed between the two text columns. |
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Wejherowo's 1920 emergency issue belongs to the brief, chaotic window between German withdrawal and the formal incorporation of Pomerelia into the newly reconstituted Polish state following the Treaty of Versailles. Local administrations across the region issued their own small-denomination paper out of simple necessity — Polish coins and banknotes were not yet in circulation, German marks were being refused or hoarded, and commerce needed something to function on.
These powiat-level issues had no central authorization and wildly inconsistent print runs. Survival rates are difficult to establish because no systematic records were kept by the issuing offices.