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4.2 Goldpfennig / 1 US-Cent
| Issuer | Finanzdeputation Bremen (Bremen State Finance Deputation) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Cream paper with a light green guilloche underprint, the heading 'Bremer Anteilschein' set in bold display script across the upper portion. The central denomination panel reads '1/100 DOLLAR (1 Cent) nordamerikanischer Währung' in large letterpress type, below which a three-line redemption clause, the place-and-date line 'Bremen, den 22. Oktober 1923', and the issuing authority 'DIE FINANZDEPUTATION' are printed. A six-digit serial number and two manuscript signatures appear at lower left, with a blind embossed official state seal at lower right; the series designation 'Reihe 1' is printed at upper left and the value equation '4,2 Goldpfennig = 1 Cent.' at upper right, with the printer's imprint 'BREMER DRUCKEREI A. G.' at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1/100 DOLLAR Für die umstehend verbriefte Schuld und die verzinslichen Schatzanweisungen haftet der Bremische Staat mit seinen gesamten Einkünften und seinem ganzen Vermögen. Der Bremische Staat behält sich vor, diesen Anteilschein durch amtliche Bekanntmachung mit 14tägiger Frist zu kündigen. Scheine, welche nicht innerhalb dieser Frist umgetauscht sind, verlieren ihre Gültigkeit. |
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Bremen's Finanzdeputation issued this note during the hyperinflation of 1923, when municipalities across Germany were printing emergency currency — Notgeld — in denominations pegged to anything more stable than the collapsing Reichsmark. The dual denomination here, expressed simultaneously in Goldpfennig and US cents, reflects the period's desperate improvisation: the dollar had become a practical unit of account inside Germany long before any official policy acknowledged it.
The embossed seal was the Finanzdeputation's chosen authentication method — modest, but sufficient for a note nobody expected to circulate long.