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1 Mark
| Uitgever | Swakopmunder Buchhandlung |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1916-1918 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Rectangular |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central green vignette with a griffin and caduceus underprint, serial number in upper right. Bold letterpress denomination "Eine Mark" below the heading "Gutschein über", with issuer name "Swakopmunder Buchhandlung Ges. m. b. H." beneath. Two manuscript signatures appear at lower left and right, with roles "Geschäftsführer" and "Filialleiter". |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Gutschein über Eine Mark Swakopmunder Buchhandlung Ges. m. b. H. Geschäftsführer Filialleiter |
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| Opmerkingen |
Swakopmunder Buchhandlung — literally the Swakopmunder Bookshop — was a stationery and bookselling business in what was then German South West Africa. When South African forces occupied the territory in 1915, the existing German colonial currency infrastructure collapsed, and local merchants were forced to issue their own scrip to keep commerce moving. A bookshop issuing emergency money is not as strange as it sounds: literate, established businesses with printing equipment and community trust were exactly the institutions that stepped into the gap.
These notes circulated during South Africa's military administration of the territory, before a formal currency framework was imposed. Survival rate is low — emergency scrip of this type was rarely saved.