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5 Mark
| Issuer | City of Konstanz (notgeld) (Federal state of Baden) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | Top (Center Title):Notgeld der Stadt Konstanz a. Bodensee Left (Value): Fünf Mark Right (Legal text and date): Gültig bis 4 Wochen nach Aufruf zur Einlösung Konstanz, 23. Oktober 1922 Der Oberbürgermeister (signature) Karl Moericke At the bottom: ALTE WANDMALEREI Entwurf: Benno Eggert (Translation: Top (Center Title): Emergency money of the City of Konstanz Valid until four weeks after the call for redemption. Five Marks. Konstanz, October 23, 1922 (Signature) The Mayor Karl Moericke. At the bottom: Old mural painting — Design: Benno Eggert) |
| Reverse description | A circular vignette at centre presents a flower-filled basket, enclosed within a text ribbon bearing a poetic rhyme. Corner pieces each contain a large numeral "5" set within decorative squares, printed over a green geometric guilloche lattice underprint. |
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Konstanz was in an unusual geographic position during the Weimar inflation years — the city sits directly on the Swiss border, and Swiss francs circulated alongside German marks in local commerce throughout the crisis period. That proximity to hard currency made the municipality acutely aware of how fast the mark was losing ground, and local notgeld issues like this one were as much a civic stabilization measure as a collector piece.
Benno Eggert, a Berlin-based sculptor and medallist, designed notgeld for multiple German municipalities during the early 1920s. His involvement here is worth noting — he was not a jobbing printer's artist but a trained sculptor, and the series reflects that.