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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Bunzlau (City of Bunzlau, Silesia) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | Nr. Fünf Mark 5 STADT BUNZLAU 5 L. FERNBACH, BUNZLAU |
| Signature(s) | Richter and Dr. Koltzenburg |
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Bunzlau's wartime Notgeld reflects the breakdown of central currency supply in Germany's final year of the First World War. Municipal authorities across Silesia were forced to commission local printers — in this case L. Fernbach, operating in the town itself — because Reichsbank coin and small-denomination notes had all but vanished from circulation, hoarded by a population that no longer trusted the war's trajectory.
The dual-signature format, with Richter and Dr. Koltzenburg signing for the Stadtgemeinde, was a deliberate legitimacy measure. Bunzlau remained a German administrative center until 1945, when it was transferred to Poland and renamed Bolesławiec.