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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtmagistrat Wolfenbüttel (City of Wolfenbüttel, Federal State of Brunswick) |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Value | 5 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Tan-brown note printed on a fine crosshatch guilloche underprint. The centre carries large bold Gothic lettering reading 'FÜNF MARK', surmounted by a small circular vignette of the Wolfenbüttel equestrian town arms within a wreath. Two flanking roundels, each encircled by an ornate foliate guilloche garland, bear the numeral '5' with the denomination abbreviation 'm' below. The header reads 'Notgeld d. Stadt' to the left and 'Wolfenbüttel' to the right in Gothic script, with a red serial number printed in the upper right corner. The lower portion carries a validity clause in Gothic script followed by manuscript signatures of the Stadtmagistrat officials. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld d. Stadt Wolfenbüttel FÜNF MARK 5 m Gültig für den Geldverkehr innerhalb der Stadt Wolfenbüttel Der Stadtmagistrat: |
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Wolfenbüttel's 5 Mark Notgeld of 1918 belongs to the first wave of municipal emergency money issued as the German imperial monetary system buckled under wartime strain. Small-denomination Notgeld proliferated that year as silver and copper coinage disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or requisitioned — leaving urban administrations scrambling to fill the gap with locally authorized paper.
The Stadtmagistrat had no printing infrastructure of its own; local commercial printers typically handled these runs, meaning quality control varied and overprinting errors are not uncommon in the series. Short print runs and heavy local use make intact survivors less frequent than their unassuming origins might suggest.