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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Furtwangen (City of Furtwangen) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Brown on tan paper Stadtkassenschein printed throughout in Fraktur script, with the denomination numeral '5' at upper left and upper right flanking the central title inscription 'Stadtgemeinde Furtwangen'. A rectangular panel at centre carries the municipal coat of arms surmounted by a castle tower, set against a crosshatch underprint within a lace-rule border, below which the bold Fraktur legend 'Fünf Mark' appears above two manuscript signatures over the printed designations 'Bürgermeister' and 'Ratschreiber', preceded by 'Der Gemeinderat:'. The lateral borders are filled with densely engraved floral and foliate ornaments comprising pine branches, berries, and daisy-like blossoms, and a violet official control stamp is applied across the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Brown on tan paper, centred on a large oval vignette engraved by K. Ledeale presenting a panoramic bird's-eye view of Furtwangen amid the Black Forest hills, with church steeple and rooftops rendered in fine line engraving. A cartouche above the oval carries the inscription 'Stadtkassenschein', while below the vignette the bold Fraktur legend 'Fünf Mark' is overprinted, followed by the anti-counterfeiting warning 'Nachahmung strafbar'. Scrollwork numerals '5' occupy the four corners, and the outer border consists of interlocking geometric scroll ornaments. |
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Furtwangen issued this note during the final months of World War One, when the German imperial government's failure to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation forced hundreds of municipalities to print their own emergency money — Kleingeldscheine. The city sits deep in the Black Forest and was already a recognized center of clock-making; the local administration had enough institutional confidence to issue at 5 Mark, a denomination that pushed against the upper boundary of what most Gemeinden attempted.
K. Ledeale is an obscure credit, appearing on very few documented Notgeld issues. Whether a local craftsman or a small regional press operation, the name doesn't recur in the major printing histories of the period.