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20 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Quedlinburg |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld voucher framed by an ornate repeating scroll and rosette guilloche border in dark brown. A pale green underprint vignette of two seated historical figures occupies the centre field, over which the denomination "Zwanzig Mark" is set in bold blackletter type beneath the header "Gutschein über". The issuing authority "Der Magistrat" appears at lower left with two manuscript facsimile signatures, while a red serial number is printed at lower right within a ruled box; validity text at the foot states redemption through all municipal cashiers and specifies cancellation four weeks after public notice in the Quedlinburger Kreisblatt. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gültig in der Stadt Quedlinburg Zwanzig Mark 20 Mark |
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Quedlinburg's Magistrat issued this 20 Mark Notgeld in 1918 as municipal emergency currency during the severe coin shortages of the First World War's final year. Dozens of German towns issued similar instruments under emergency provisions, but Quedlinburg — a small Harz region city with a population well under 30,000 — was among the more modest issuers, meaning original print runs were limited and distribution largely confined to local commerce.
The perforation security feature is atypical for municipal paper of this period; most town-issued Notgeld relied on printed serial numbers or rubber stamps for basic authentication. Whether this reflects a specific counterfeiting concern or simply the resources available to the issuing printer is not documented in surviving records.