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4.2 Goldmark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Neumünster |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Gerhold & Thon, Neumünster |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld note printed in green on cream paper, with a scalloped guilloche border framing the entire face. The denomination '4,20 Goldmark = 1 Dollar' is set in bold letterpress type across the upper centre, overlaid on a green underprint repeating the word 'GOLDNOTE'. The body text sets out the redemption and security terms, states the date 'Neumünster, den 27. Oktober 1923', and bears two manuscript signatures on behalf of Der Magistrat and Das Stadtverordnetenkollegium. A vertical serial number and denomination legend appear in the right margin, with the printer's imprint 'Gerhold & Thon, Neumünster' at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Dem Inhaber dieses Notgeldscheines wird nach Autruf 4,20 Goldmark = 1 Dollar der Reichsgoldanleihe oder der entsprechende Gegenwert gezahlt. Zur Sicherung ist der Gegenwert in Reichsgoldanleihe bei der Reichsbank hinterlegt. Genehmigt durch den Reichsminister der Finanzen. Neumünster, den 27. Oktober 1923. Der Magistrat Das Stadtverordnetenkollegium. Der Umtausch erfolgt nach Aufruf bei sämtlichen hiesigen Banken und der Spar- und Leihkasse der Stadt Neumünster. GERHOLD & THON, NEUMÜNSTER. |
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Neumünster's municipal administration issued notgeld denominated in Goldmark during the hyperinflation peak of 1923 — a deliberate anchoring to gold-equivalent value at a moment when Papiermark figures were becoming meaningless within days of printing. The 4.2 Goldmark denomination is characteristically odd, likely calculated to represent a specific commodity value or wage unit rather than a round monetary amount.
Gerhold & Thon were a local Neumünster printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which accounts for the relatively modest production quality typical of municipal emergency issues from Schleswig-Holstein during this period.