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20 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Städte Schönebeck an der Elbe und Groß-Salze |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Grey-toned note printed in brown and blue with the denomination '20 MARK' in large blue Gothic numerals and text at upper left and right. A central ornamental brown frame encloses a blue vignette of a church with a prominent tower set among trees, above a decorative brown cartouche with a barrel motif. Flanking text panels in brown script state the note's validity area and expiry date; a red serial number appears at the top of the central frame, and the printer's imprint 'A. WOHLFELD, MAGDEBURG' is printed in red at the foot of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 20 MARK Gültig in den Bezirken der Städte Schönebeck a/Elbe und Groß-Salze bis 1. Februar 1919. Verlängerung dieser Frist bleibt vorbehalten. GROSS-SALZE, den 1. Dez. 1918 Der Magistrat A. WOHLFELD, MAGDEBURG |
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Schönebeck an der Elbe and its neighboring salt-town Groß-Salze issued this note jointly in 1918 as a wartime Notgeld measure — a practical arrangement between two municipalities that would not formally merge until 1932. The dual-issuing authority is uncommon even by the already eccentric standards of German emergency currency, and the hyphenated civic identity printed on the note predates the actual administrative union by over a decade.
A. Wohlfeld of Magdeburg was a regional commercial printer, not a specialist security firm, which was entirely typical for municipal Notgeld of this period when established currency printers were overwhelmed with Reich-level commissions.