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5 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Rochlitz |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in green and black on white paper, with a geometric chain border framing the entire design. A central vignette, signed at the lower margin by the artist Franz Hein, shows a peasant woman in traditional dress shaking hands with a craftsman holding a mallet, with a rural townscape in the background; the large denomination text "Fünf Mark" appears in ornate green Fraktur script at the centre. Flanking text panels carry the issuing authority's name and redemption clause, while two circular green medallions at the lower corners bear the Saxon district arms of the Bezirksverband Rochlitz, and two facsimile signatures appear above their respective official titles. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green and black, with the same geometric chain border as the obverse. The upper portion is occupied by a finely engraved vignette of dense oak foliage, at the centre of which a pearl-beaded circular cartouche encloses the numeral "5" in green. Below, a large decorative scroll ribbon carries the denomination "Fünf Mark" in green Fraktur lettering. The lower half of the note is given over to two blocks of Gothic-script text setting out the conditions of validity and the legal penalty for counterfeiting; a red serial number is printed in the upper right corner. |
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Rochlitz is a small administrative district in Saxony, and like hundreds of similar German localities in 1918, it issued emergency paper money — Notgeld — as coin shortages reached crisis levels in the final year of the war. The Amtshauptmannschaft was the regional administrative authority, not a bank, which made these issues legally ambiguous but practically necessary.
Franz Hein's involvement suggests a local artistic commission rather than a commercial print house design. Whether Hein was a district employee or a hired illustrator is not well documented.