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3 Mark Neustadt in Westpreußen
| Issuer | Magistrat Neustadt in Westpreußen |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Size | 78 × 58 mm |
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| Obverse description | Plain ochre-orange paper voucher of simple letterpress construction, entirely unadorned save for the printed text and a faint circular official town seal impressed at centre-left. Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower right portion of the note beneath the issuing authority line, and a round punch-hole is present at the upper left corner. The note bears no vignette, guilloche, or decorative underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über drei Mark. Neustadt Wpr., den 5. August 1914. Der Magistrat. (Translation: Voucher for three Marks. Neustadt Wpr., 5 August 1914. The Magistrate.) |
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Neustadt in Westpreußen — now Wejherowo in northern Poland — issued emergency Kleingeld in August 1914 as the German mobilization for war instantly drained silver and copper from everyday commerce. Municipal magistrates across the Reich were legally empowered to issue provisional scrip under wartime emergency decree, and hundreds did exactly this within weeks of the declaration. Neustadt's issue was among the earliest wave.
The 3 Mark denomination is the more interesting of the typical municipal values — large enough to matter, small enough to circulate hard.