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1000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Hof (City Municipality of Hof an der Saale, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1000 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and ochre on cream paper, the obverse carries a fine guilloche underprint with a central vignette of an architectural gateway or city gate motif. The issuer's title 'Stadtgemeinde Hof.' appears in bold gothic lettering across the upper portion, below a small-print validity clause. Large outlined numerals '1000' flank the centre on both sides, while the denomination 'Eintausend Mark' is set in large blackletter type across the middle. The date 'Hof, 6. Oktober 1922.' and the authority 'Stadtrat.' appear in the lower centre, accompanied by two manuscript signatures, with a two-line authorization and anti-counterfeiting notice at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nur gültig innerhalb der Stadt HOF bis zu dem in den Hofer Tageszeitungen bekannt gemachten Zeitpunkt. Stadtgemeinde Hof. Gutschein über Eintausend Mark Hof, 6. Oktober 1922. Stadtrat. Zur Ausgabe genehmigt durch Entschließung des Reichsfinanzministers vom 29. September 1922 V c 2469. Nachahmungen oder Fälschungen werden strafrechtlich verfolgt. |
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Hof an der Saale was a textile and industrial town near the Bohemian border, and its municipal authority — like hundreds of German cities — issued Notgeld during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922 simply to keep commerce moving. The Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough; local administrations filled the gap with emergency notes bearing their own liability. This 1000 Mark denomination reflects the mid-1922 acceleration of inflation, before the collapse became truly catastrophic in 1923.
Municipal Notgeld of this period was locally printed, often by regional job printers with no specialist banknote experience, and quality of impression varies considerably across surviving examples from Hof.