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1000 Mark Kreis Biedenkopf
| Issuer | Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Biedenkopf |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Tan-brown guilloche underprint covers the entire face, with repeated watermark-style numerals '1000' and the word 'Mark' visible throughout the background. The upper portion carries the issuing authority's name in Gothic blackletter script, followed by a clause referencing the Kreisausschussbeschluss of 21 September 1922. A central oval guilloche cartouche in blue and brown encloses the large denomination numeral '1000' in blue letterpress, flanked on each side by the word 'Mark' in Gothic script within circular vignettes; the lower-left bears an embossed circular official seal of the Kreis Biedenkopf. The date 'Biedenkopf, den 16. Oktober 1922', series letter 'Reihe A' in red, and a manuscript signature of the Kreisausschuss chairman appear at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Biedenkopf vergütet auf Grund des Kreisausschussbeschlusses vom 21. September 1922 dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheines Mark 1000 Mark Es verliert seine Gültigkeit vier Wochen nach Aufruf im Hinterländer-Anzeiger. Biedenkopf, den 16. Oktober 1922 Des Vorsitzende des Kreisausschusses: Reihe A No |
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Kreis Biedenkopf — a small administrative district in the Hessian uplands, now largely absorbed into Marburg-Biedenkopf — issued this note through its Kreiskommunalkasse during the period of acute inflation that preceded the hyperinflationary collapse of late 1923. District-level notgeld at the 1000 Mark denomination reflects a specific window: early 1922, when municipal and Kreis authorities were still issuing emergency money to cover genuine shortages of Reichsbank currency in circulation, not yet the commemorative collector pieces that flooded the market later.
Scharfes Druckereien in Wetzlar handled both design and offset printing — a local press serving regional administrative clients across the Lahn-Dill area.