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5 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Fulda |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Left: 5 Mk Top/Center: Gutschein der Stadt Fulda FÜNF MARK zahlt die Stadtkasse in Fulda hierfür bis 1. Febr. 1919 Fulda, den 17. Okt. 1918 Der Magistrat: Bei Verlust jeden Anspruches ist dieser Schein bis zu dem angegebenen Tage einzulösen Right: Bonifatius- Denkmal NATER (Translation: Left: 5 Mark Top/Center: Voucher of the City of Fulda FIVE MARK the City Treasury in Fulda will pay for this until 1 Feb 1919 Fulda, 17 Oct 1918 The City Council: In case of loss of any claim, this note must be redeemed by the specified date Right: Boniface Monument NATER) |
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| Reverse lettering | Top left/right: 5M 5M Bottom left/right: 5M 5M Center banner: Stadtschloß (Translation: Top left/right: 5M 5M Bottom left/right: 5M 5M Center banner: City Castle) |
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Fulda's municipal authority issued this note under the emergency currency provisions that proliferated across German towns from 1914 onward, but by 1918 Notgeld had shifted from genuine emergency necessity to something more deliberate — municipalities had discovered that well-designed local notes were hoarded rather than spent, effectively generating interest-free credit for the issuer.
The designer credit to Nater is the one genuinely distinguishing feature here. Local commissions of this period frequently went to regional commercial artists whose other work is now largely untraceable.