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1 Mark
| Issuer | Handelskammer des Memelgebiets (Chamber of Commerce of the Memel Territory) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-toned note with a central guilloche vignette bearing the large denomination numeral '1' and the legend 'Eine Mark' in Gothic blackletter script. The heading 'Notgeld der Handelskammer des Memelgebiets' arcs across the top, with the word 'Mark' repeated at the lower left and right flanks. Below the central vignette, a bilingual authorization text in French and German reads 'Autorisé: Memel le 22 Février 1922' alongside the mention of the High Commissioner of the Allied Powers, with four manuscript signatures beneath. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolor pictorial design with a central vignette of a sand dune on the Curonian Spit (Nehrung), rendered in a naturalistic illustrative style with a light blue sky and foliage border framing the entire note. A ribbon cartouche at the top bears the inscription 'Memel', while a caption below the vignette reads 'Düne auf der Nehrung'. The lower portion carries the legends 'Notgeld der Handelskammer' in Gothic script, with the numeral '1' and 'Mark' repeated at the lower left and right corners, and the printer's imprint 'Gebr. Parcus München' at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Memel Düne auf der Nehrung Notgeld der Handelskammer Mark 1 GEBR. PARCUS MÜNCHEN. |
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