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20 Mark Provinzialverband
| Issuer | Provinzialverband der Provinz Westfalen |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 20 Marks |
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| Obverse lettering | Zwanzig Mark zahlt die Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen in Münster i. Westf. dem Einlieferer dieses Scheins. Münster i. Westfalen, den 1. November 1918 Der Provinzialverband der Provinz Westfalen Der Landeshauptmann Der Provinzialausschuß Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht bis spätestens 1. Februar 1919 zur Einlösung vorgelegt wird. Reihe D |
| Reverse description | Dark violet note with geometric guilloche border and denomination numeral '20' in each corner. A central oval vignette carries the coat of arms of Westphalia — a horse rampant with supporters — above the Gothic script legend 'Zwanzig Mark'. A liability clause in Roman and Gothic type runs across the lower portion of the note. |
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The Provinzialverband der Provinz Westfalen was one of dozens of regional and municipal bodies that stepped into the currency vacuum created by the wartime hoarding of metal coinage. By 1918, the Reichsbank could not keep smaller denominations in circulation, and provincial administrations across Germany were legally empowered under emergency ordinance to issue their own Notgeld. This note is part of that wave — not a monetary experiment, but an administrative stopgap.
Fr. Wilh. Ruhfus was a Dortmund printing house with deep roots in commercial and official print work, and their Westfalian contracts kept local production fully within the province.