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1 Mark
| Issuer | Municipality of Altheide (Lower Silesia) |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark blue-black on white paper with a dense foliate underprint filling the background. A large central circular vignette, bordered by a dashed ring, presents a detailed line-engraved view of the entrance to the Sprudelhalle (mineral spring hall) of Altheide, a domed neoclassical pavilion flanked by trees. The denomination '1 Mk.' appears in bold white numerals at the upper left and right corners. A solid black panel at the foot of the note carries the motto 'Altheide heilt's Herz' in white Gothic script, and the printer's imprint 'L. Schirmer Glatz' is visible in small type at the lower edge. |
| Reverse lettering | Eingang zur Sprudelhalle 1 Mk. Altheide heilt's Herz L. Schirmer Glatz |
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Altheide — now Polanica-Zdrój — was a spa town in the Glatz valley, and like hundreds of small German municipalities it resorted to printing its own emergency money during the severe coin shortage that gripped Germany from around 1916 onward. L. Schirmer operated out of Glatz, the regional center, and supplied Notgeld to several local issuers in the area, which accounts for the family resemblance across issues from this district.
The DeNG reference numbers suggest at least four distinct variants in this denomination alone — differences likely in date, color batch, or overprint rather than fundamental design changes.