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5 Mark Sammellager für Ausländer
| Issuer | Sammellager für Ausländer, Stargard in Pommern |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and ochre-toned note with a decorative border of interlaced geometric motifs in dark blue and gold. A central vignette presents the arms of Stargard in Pommern — a shield divided with a diagonal band bearing an eagle, surmounted by a twin-towered castle gate and flanked by foliate supporters — while a ribbon banner above carries the denomination inscription. The value numeral '5' appears in large letterpress type to either side of the arms, with validity and redemption conditions printed to the left, issue date and the signature of the Lagerdirektor to the right, and the camp name in bold capitals along the lower panel. |
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| Reverse description | Brown-toned note with a fine stippled underprint and a decorative geometric border. The central vignette presents a panoramic townscape of Stargard in Pommern, with a prominent round red-brick tower at left and a Gothic church with a tall spire at right, both rising above densely wooded foliage in green; the scene is rendered in a lithographic Art Nouveau style typical of German Notgeld issues. The denomination '5 M' appears in large red numerals at either side, and a ribbon banner above carries the voucher title, while a lower scroll bears the camp attribution. |
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Stargard in Pommern's Sammellager für Ausländer — a collection camp for foreign nationals — was among the administrative internment facilities operating in postwar Germany as the Weimar government struggled to manage displaced persons and stateless individuals left adrift by the collapse of the eastern empires. Camp scrip of this type was issued to restrict purchasing power to approved canteen channels, preventing internees from accessing local civilian markets.
Louis Koch of Halberstadt was a regional printer responsible for a notable volume of Notgeld and institutional scrip in this period. The 1921 date places this issue well into the hyperinflationary run-up, though camp denominations rarely tracked external monetary conditions — they were administrative tokens, not economic instruments.