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1 Mark Stadtbank
| Issuer | Stadtbank zu Grünberg in Schlesien |
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| Printer | Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G., Glogau, Poland |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in black and grey with blue accents, centred on a detailed letterpress vignette of the Erlöserkirche (Church of the Redeemer) and the Röhrhaus in Grünberg, set amid mature trees. The upper border carries the inscription "Opf- und Weinstadt" in bold blue Gothic lettering flanked by the denomination "1 Mk" at each corner, while decorative scrollwork borders with blue grape cluster motifs frame the left and right edges. The town name "Grünberg" appears in large Gothic blackletter across the lower panel, and the registered design number "D.R.G.M. 795 679" is printed in small type at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Opf- und Weinstadt 1 Mk Erlöserkirche Röhrhaus GRÜNBERG D.R.G.M. 795 679. |
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Grünberg in Schlesien — now Zielona Góra in western Poland — was a mid-sized Silesian town whose municipal bank issued emergency Notgeld during the inflationary pressures of the First World War period, when central government coinage effectively vanished from circulation. The Stadtbank's 1 Mark note was printed by Carl Flemming & T. C. Wiskott A.G. in nearby Glogau, a Silesian printing house with deep roots in commercial and security printing across the region.
The guilloche underprint is the only meaningful counterfeit deterrent on a note this modest — appropriate for a local emergency issue that was never expected to travel far beyond the town's own commerce.