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5 Mark Kreis Mohrungen
| Issuer | Kreiskommunalkasse Mohrungen |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein No. über Fünf Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von der Kreiskommunalkasse und Kreissparkasse in Mohrungen in Zahlung genommen. Für die Einlösung dieses Scheines haftet der Kreis mit seinem gesamten Vermögen und seiner Steuerkraft. Mohrungen, den 10. November 1918. Die Kreiskommunalkasse. Genehmigt! Der Landrat. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung im Amtlichen Kreisblatt des Kreises Mohrungen. REINHOLD KÜHN, ELBING |
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| Reverse lettering | KREIS MOHRUNGEN LANDRATSAMT |
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Mohrungen — now Morąg in northeastern Poland — was a small administrative district in the Province of East Prussia, and its 1918 notgeld issue was a direct response to the wartime coin shortage that had stripped everyday commerce of small change across Germany. The Kreiskommunalkasse, the district treasury rather than any banking institution, was the issuing authority — a cleaner arrangement than the ad hoc municipal issues from the same period, which often had ambiguous redemption backing.
The embossed stamp served as the primary authentication device, a low-cost but legally defensible measure common to Prussian district issues when engraved security printing was neither accessible nor affordable. Reinhold Kühn's Elbing operation was the natural choice for small regional clients throughout East Prussia.