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300 Mark Herzogliche Sparkasse
| Issuer | Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse (Ducal Brunswick Savings Bank) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 300 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Diese Schuldverschreibung ist auf den Inhaber ausgestellt Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse Serie IV lit. R Spareinlage über dreihundert Mark ausgestellt von der Herzogl. Sparkasse Braunschweig ausgegeben Braunschweig, am 1. Novbe. 1918 Unverzinsliches Kriegsnotgeld Eingelöst am 19 mit Zinsen auf Jahr Monat zu M Sparkfleger: Ord.-Nr. |
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| Reverse lettering | Diese Schuldverschreibung ist auf den Inhaber aufgestellt Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse Serie IV lit. R Spareinlage über Dreihundert Mark ausgestellt von der Herzogl. Sparkasse Braunschweig ausgegeben Braunschweig, am 1. Novbe. 1918 Unverzinsliches Kriegsnotgeld |
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The Herzoglich Braunschweigische Sparkasse was not a central bank — it was a ducal savings institution pressed into emergency currency issuance during the chaotic final months of World War One, when Reichsbank notes could not keep pace with civilian demand. The 300 Mark denomination is itself a tell: round multiples of 100 or 1000 were normal; 300 suggests ad hoc arithmetic, a gap-filling exercise rather than a planned series.
Brunswick's ducal house was abolished in November 1918, weeks after this note entered circulation. Whether that political rupture affected redemption is not documented, but municipal and savings-bank notgeld from this period was frequently repudiated or left unredeemed when issuing authorities dissolved.