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5 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Küstrin |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Cüstriner Stadtkassen-Schein Fünf Mark zahlt die Stadthauptkasse in Cüstrin gegen diesen Stadtkassen-Schein dem Einlieferer. Vom 1. März 1919 ab kann dieser Stadtkassen-Schein aufgerufen und unter Umtausch gegen andere Zahlungsmittel durch die Stadthauptkasse in Cüstrin eingezogen werden. Cüstrin, den 19. November 1918. Der Magistrat |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black and green on a cream ground, with a fine ornamental border incorporating stylised foliate motifs at the lateral panels. A panoramic vignette across the upper zone presents two town views of Küstrin: a church tower with trees to the left and a multi-storey civic building to the right. At centre, a guilloche roundel carries the green numeral '5', above a shield bearing the Küstrin civic eagle in green, with the legend 'Cüstriner Stadtkassen-Schein' in Gothic script and the denomination 'FÜNF MARK' in bold letterpress below. A three-line anti-counterfeiting warning is printed at the foot, with the printer's imprint 'CARL FLEMMING A.G. GLOGAU U. BERLIN' at the base margin. |
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Küstrin's municipal administration issued this 5 Mark Notgeld note in 1918 as the imperial government's wartime currency controls left local authorities scrambling to cover small-denomination shortages. Carl Flemming A.G., a well-established printing house with facilities in both Glogau and Berlin, handled a substantial volume of municipal emergency money during this period — their output was reliable if rarely distinguished.
Küstrin itself, a fortress town on the Oder in what is now western Poland, had particular strategic significance during WWI. The Magistrat's decision to issue at the 5 Mark level rather than the more common lower denominations suggests local wage-payment pressures rather than simple change shortages.