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50 Mark
| Issuer | Distrikt Immenstadt (Bezirksamt Sonthofen, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Value | 50 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed in dark ink on cream paper, with the denomination '50 Mark' repeated diagonally in each corner within ruled triangular borders. The central text field carries the serial number, the heading 'Gutschein' in bold letterpress, the denomination in both numerals and words, and multi-line German text stating the issuing authority, legal basis, and redemption conditions. The place and date 'JMMENSTADT, 23. April 1919' appear above three manuscript signature panels for the Bezirksamt Sonthofen, the Distriktskassier, and the Bayer. Handelsbank Filiale Immenstadt, each bearing an applied official stamp in blue-violet. |
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| Obverse lettering | Nur die mit dem bezirksamtlichen Siegel versehenen Gutscheine haben Giltigkeit. Nr. [serial] Gutschein über 50 Mark — fünfzig Mark — für welche der Distrikt Jmmenstadt auf Grund Distriktsratsbeschlusses vom heutigen die Haftung übernommen hat. Die Auslösung dieses Gutscheines erfolgt, soferne nicht eine ausdrückliche Verlängerung der Frist veröffentlicht wird, in der Zeit vom 25.—30. Mai 1919 bei der Handelsbankfiliale Jmmenstadt. JMMENSTADT, 23. April 1919. Bezirksamt Sonthofen Der Distriktskassier: Bayer. Handelsbank Filiale Jmmenstadt: |
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Bavarian district notgeld from the immediate post-WWI period, issued when central government currency had effectively ceased to function reliably at the local level. Bezirksamt Sonthofen was the administrative district; Immenstadt, a small market town in the Allgäu, was the practical issuing center. The denomination is unusually high for a district-level emergency issue of this date — most comparable Bavarian notgeld from early 1919 ran to 1 or 2 Mark.
The official stamp is the only security feature, which was standard for hastily authorized district issues and made counterfeiting trivially easy — a known problem acknowledged in contemporary Bavarian state correspondence about the notgeld proliferation.