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| Issuer | Stadtrat Lichtenstein-Callnberg |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce, Glauchau |
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| Obverse description | Pale buff note with a blue-green guilloche border running the full perimeter, the four corners each bearing a rosette medallion with the numeral '1000' in white relief. The centre carries a large scallop-edged guilloche underprint vignette over which the denomination 'Eintausend Mark' is printed in bold Gothic (Fraktur) script. Above the central vignette, the issuing authority text is set in spaced letterpress Fraktur, and below it the place and date of issue appear alongside the printed titles and facsimile signatures of the Bürgermeister and Vorsteher. The printer's imprint appears at the foot of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is blank, without any printed design, lettering, or security features. |
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Lichtenstein-Callnberg is a small Saxon textile town — "Lichtenstein" and "Callnberg" were two separate municipalities that merged in 1901, and by 1922 the combined Stadtrat was issuing its own emergency currency like hundreds of other German local authorities scrambling to fill the void left by the Reichsbank's inability to keep denominations in circulation during the hyperinflationary spiral. The 1,000 Mark face value, enormous by prewar standards, was already losing purchasing power faster than the ink could dry.
Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce in nearby Glauchau was a regional commercial printer, not a security press — the technical limitations of such printers are visible across the Notgeld of this period.