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20 Mark
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Maulbronn (Bezirksrat Maulbronn) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| In circulation to | 1 February 1919 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a decorative Jugendstil style with a dark grey and black outer border composed of stylised foliate columns and geometric corner medallions bearing the numeral "20" in cartouches at left and right. The upper register carries the bold denomination "20 Mark" in white lettering on a black ground. The central vignette presents a panoramic colour view of Maulbronn town and its celebrated Cistercian monastery complex, with red-roofed buildings and a church spire set amid wooded hills under a warm sky. Two text panels in the lower register state the validity clause and expiry date in German. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 Mark Giltig für den Geldverkehr im Oberamtsbezirk MAULBRONN. Giltig bis zum 1. Februar 1919. Verlängerung der Giltigkeitsdauer bleibt vorbehalten. |
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Amtskörperschaft Maulbronn was a small district-level administrative body in Württemberg, and its decision to issue emergency currency in 1918 reflects the near-total breakdown of coin and small-denomination note supply in Germany's final war year. Bezirksrat notgeld at this value — 20 Mark rather than the more typical Pfennig and low-Mark denominations — is uncommon; most municipal issuers stayed well below this threshold.
Vereinigte Kunstanstalten in Kaufbeuren handled a significant volume of Bavarian and southwestern German notgeld printing during this period, and their work is generally distinguishable by clean lithographic registration.