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20 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Hof (City of Hof an der Saale, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Printer | Gebrüder Parcus, Munich, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Hof Gutschein über Zwanzig Mark Nur gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadt Hof Vom 1. Februar 1919 ab kann dieser Gutschein aufgerufen und gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel eingezogen werden Hof, am 9. November 1918 Stadtmagistrat: 20 D |
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| Reverse lettering | Nachahmungen oder Fälschungen werden strafrechtlich verfolgt Zwanzig Mark HOF. 20 Mark GEBR. PARCUS, MÜNCHEN. |
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Hof an der Saale issued this note in 1918 as Notgeld — emergency municipal currency produced when wartime metal shortages and hoarding stripped smaller denominations from circulation across Germany. Gebrüder Parcus in Munich was one of the more prolific printers of Bavarian municipal Notgeld during this period, supplying dozens of towns that lacked the means or authorization to arrange their own printing.
The 20 Mark denomination places this at the higher end of first-wave Notgeld issues, which more commonly ran to small change values. By late 1918, with military collapse imminent, many of these municipal obligations were never formally redeemed.