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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Genthin (City of Genthin) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Pink-bordered Notgeld note with a green letterpress header band in Gothic script carrying the issuer title, flanked by three horizontal vignette zones: at left, a stylised four-leaf clover within an oak-leaf surround printed in black and pink; at centre, a bold black rectangular panel bearing the large white numeral '5' above the denomination in Gothic script; at right, an oval vignette of the Madonna and Child in radiate glory. A pink text band below carries a dedicatory inscription to Otto von Bismarck as honorary citizen of Genthin, with a smaller green validity and dating panel beneath, completed by two facsimile signatures of the Magistrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Genthin. 5 Mark Otto von Bismarck, dem Ehrenbürger der Stadt Genthin, zum Gedächtnis.- Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städt. Kassen in Zahlung genommen und verliert drei Monate nach Aufforderung zur Einlösung seine Gültigkeit. Genthin, den 1. Juli 1921.- Der Magistrat: |
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Genthin is a small town in the Magdeburg district of Saxony-Anhalt, and its 1921 notgeld issue belongs to the second wave of German municipal emergency currency — distinct from the wartime shortages that prompted the first wave, and instead driven by the chronic small-change famine that persisted well into the early Weimar years. Two Erfurt firms shared the production of this series: Alfred Hanf handled one component of the work, Offsetdruck Arthur Kirchner the other, a split-printing arrangement not uncommon when local printers lacked full-range capability.
The 96 × 72 mm format is slightly squarer than most notgeld of this denomination.