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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Kulmbach |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper ground within a dense floral and scrollwork letterpress border in black. The denomination 'Fünf Mark' is set in large blackletter type at centre, surmounted by the heading 'Gutschein über' in smaller script. Below, the text 'Zahlbar bei der Stadtkasse Kulmbach' is printed in roman type, followed by the issue date 'Kulmbach, 12. Okt. 1918.' and the issuing authority 'Stadtmagistrat'. The validity clause 'Giltig bis 31. Januar 1919.' appears at foot centre, while the printer's imprint runs vertically along the right margin. A circular municipal seal watermark-style underprint is visible at centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | STADT KULMBACH STADTMAGISTRAT 5 MARK |
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Kulmbach's municipal authority issued this note amid the acute coin shortage that gripped Germany in the final year of the First World War. The Stadtmagistrat — the town magistracy — was one of thousands of local bodies across Germany and Austria that stepped into the vacuum left by the disappearance of metal coinage from circulation, producing Notgeld that was technically redeemable but practically unavoidable for daily transactions.
Printed locally by Richard Rehm, the town's own commercial press. The official stamp serves as the primary authentication device, a common expedient when security printing was neither available nor affordable to small municipalities.