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| Emittent | Stadtkreis Forst (Lausitz) |
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| Jahr | 1920 |
| Typ | Local banknote |
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| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Green and black notgeld note with a perforated border enclosing a decorative frame. The upper portion carries a detailed silhouette vignette of the Forst (Lausitz) industrial skyline, with factory chimneys emitting smoke and church spires rising above the rooftops. The issuer's name in Gothic script occupies the central band, flanked on either side by the denomination numeral '10' above the word 'Pfennig' in bold black panels; a central text cartouche bears the redemption conditions dated 1. Juni 1920, countersigned by Der Magistrat, with a handwritten serial number below. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | 10 10 |
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| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Anmerkungen |
Forst (Lausitz) was a prosperous textile manufacturing town in Brandenburg, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1920, it issued its own emergency paper currency — Notgeld — to compensate for a chronic shortage of small-denomination Reichsmark coinage. The national mint simply could not keep pace with post-war demand. Municipal and corporate issuers filled the gap themselves.
Forst's issues from this period are generally considered series Notgeld rather than pure necessity pieces — printed in sufficient quantities and with enough deliberate design to suggest the local authority was aware collectors were already driving a secondary market for such material.