20 Mark

Emittent	Kaiserliche Gouvernement Deutsch-Südwestafrika
Jahr	1914
Typ	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Nennwert	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Währung	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Material	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Größe	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Form	Rectangular
Druckerei	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Designer	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Stecher	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Im Umlauf bis	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Referenz(en)	Anmelden um Details zu sehen

Vorderseitenbeschreibung	Kassenschein (cash note) printed in black on a light grey guilloche underprint, with the denomination '20' repeated in the upper corners and the title 'Zwanzig Mark' in large Gothic blackletter script across the upper portion. The body of the note carries a multi-line German text issued by the Gouvernements-Hauptkasse in Windhoek, dated 6. August 1913, with the printed title 'Der Kaiserliche Gouverneur' above a manuscript signature. A validity clause reading 'Zur Gültigkeit muß dem Kassenschein der Reichsadler in großer Form aufgedruckt sein.' appears in the lower right, referencing the required Imperial Eagle overprint; vertical text in Gothic script runs along the left margin.
Vorderseitenlegende	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenbeschreibung	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Rückseitenlegende	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Unterschrift(en)	Theodor Seitz (Imperial Governor)
Sicherheitsmerkmal	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Varianten	Anmelden um Details zu sehen
Anmerkungen	Issued in the final weeks of German colonial authority in South West Africa, this note was produced locally in Windhoek under genuine emergency conditions — not by a metropolitan printing house. The Kaiserliche Gouvernement resorted to improvised paper currency after the outbreak of war cut off access to normal financial channels. Seitz signed as Imperial Governor; he surrendered the territory to South African forces in July 1915, making the entire series one of the shortest-lived colonial emissions in German imperial history. The overprint security feature reflects the ad hoc nature of production. Paper, press, and authorization were all local.