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20 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss Lörrach |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 20 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | KRIEGSGELD 20 MARK 20 AMTSBEZIRKE: LÖRRACH, MÜLLHEIM, SCHOPFHEIM, SCHÖNAU LÖRRACH, 1. NOV. 1918 DER KREISAUSSCHUSS GÜLTIG BIS 1. FEBRUAR 1919 KREIS LÖRRACH (Translation: War Money 20 Mark Districts: Lörrach, Müllheim, Schopfheim, Schönau Lörrach, 1 Nov. 1918 The District Committee Valid until 1 February 1919 District Lörrach) |
| Reverse description | Plain reverse with typeset text repeating the essential validity and issuing district information, presented in a layout complementary to the obverse. The denomination and regional authority references are rendered in a straightforward letterpress arrangement without decorative vignettes or guilloche underprint. |
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Lörrach's Kreisausschuss — the district administrative committee — issued this note in 1918 as the German imperial economy ground toward collapse. Like most Notgeld of that final war year, it filled an acute gap caused by coin hoarding and the near-complete disappearance of Reichsbank notes from everyday commerce in smaller towns. The Kreisausschuss had no banking authority in any formal sense; it acted out of administrative necessity.
At 20 Mark, this sits at the upper end of typical district-level emergency denominations from Baden, where smaller values dominated. Most Lörrach Notgeld was redeemed and destroyed after 1919 stabilization measures took hold.