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5000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat Lichtenstein-Callnberg |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce, Glauchau, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset emergency note (Notgeld) bearing the text of the municipal guarantee, stating that the Stadt Lichtenstein-Callnberg will redeem the voucher for five thousand Mark, dated 20 October 1922. The text is arranged in a straightforward letterpress layout, with the issuing authority identified by two lines at the foot: 'Der Stadtrat' and 'Die Stadtverordneten'. No pictorial vignette or ornamental guilloche border is present. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadt Lichtenstein-Callnberg zahlt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines Fünftausend Mark Lichtenstein-Callnberg, 20. Oktober 1922. Der Stadtrat Die Stadtverordneten |
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Lichtenstein-Callnberg is a small Saxon textile town, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1922, its council issued emergency currency — Notgeld — as the Reichsbank struggled to keep denominations pace with accelerating inflation. The Ratsdruckerei R. Dulce in nearby Glauchau handled printing for several regional authorities during this period, operating as a commercial town printer pressed into monetary service rather than a specialist security printer.
By late 1922, 5,000 Mark was already a modest denomination. Within months it would be functionally worthless.