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10 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Burg (Magistrat), Burg bei Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue and green on a light hatched paper ground. A central vignette presents a detailed view of the Burg town hall or principal civic building, set within an oval frame flanked by industrial and agricultural allegorical vignettes — textile machinery to the left and a water mill with grain sheaves to the right. The denomination '10 Mark' appears in large Gothic script at both upper corners, while the issuer's name 'STADT BURG' is rendered in bold decorative lettering across the upper banner, with 'Bez. Magdeburg' inscribed below. The lower panel, framed by ornamental scrollwork, bears the issue date 'Burg, den 1. Dezember 1918', the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat', and two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse lettering | 10 Mark Gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadt Burg bis 1. Februar 1919. Verlängerung dieser Frist bleibt vorbehalten. No [serial number] A. WOHLFELD, MAGDEBURG |
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Burg bei Magdeburg is a mid-sized town on the Ihle canal northwest of Magdeburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1918, its Magistrat stepped in to issue emergency small-change currency — Notgeld — as the imperial monetary system buckled under wartime metal shortages and hoarding. The Wohlfeld press in Magdeburg handled a considerable volume of regional municipal printing during this period, which kept turnaround times short and costs contained for nearby issuers like Burg.
These town-level 10 Mark issues occupy an awkward denomination for Notgeld — high enough to be unusual, since most municipal emergency paper clustered at Pfennig and low-Mark values — suggesting specific local liquidity needs rather than routine small-change substitution.