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10 Mark Lübeckische Staatskasse
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Lübeck |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | H. G. Rahtgens, Lübeck, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Printed in green letterpress on plain paper stock, the obverse carries an ornate interlaced guilloche border along all four edges, with the denomination ZEHN MARK repeated in the top, bottom, and side panels. The issuer legend in Gothic script, Kassenschein der Stadtkasse in Lübeck, spans the upper field, with serial numbers at upper right and lower left; the central denomination Zehn Mark is rendered in elaborate Fraktur calligraphy flanked by numeral 10 cartouches at either side. The validity clause Gültig bis 1. Februar 1919 appears at lower left, with the date and place Lübeck, den 1. November 1918 and the authority designation Stadtkasse at lower right, both accompanied by two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZEHN MARK Kassenschein der Stadtkasse in Lübeck Zehn Mark Gültig bis 1. Februar 1919 Lübeck, den 1. November 1918 Stadtkasse H.G. RAHTGENS. LÜBECK. |
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Lübeck's municipal treasury issued these notes in 1918 as Kriegsgeld — emergency currency produced by dozens of German municipalities when the Reichsbank could no longer guarantee adequate small-denomination circulation under wartime strain. The Stadtkasse series was a local administrative solution, not a banking instrument, and carried no backing beyond the city's own creditworthiness.
H. G. Rahtgens was a Lübeck commercial printer, not a security printing house. That shows in the notes — modest production values, no intaglio work, straightforward typography. Functional, not fine.