1 Mark, Gemeinde Steinfeld (Oldenburg), 1921 (Eagle series)

This copy

Accession

OM-00532

Series year

1921

Actually issued

1921

Signatures

This issue carries no bank manager or cashier signature.

Grade

AU (IBNS)

Estimated from the archival scan. Folds, soiling and edge condition are visible at this resolution; paper crispness, pinholes, small repairs and pressing are not.

Estimated value

$8 indicative

Category benchmark scaled for grade — an order of magnitude, not an appraisal. Priced 2026-10-03.

Dimensions

89.5 × 56.5 mm (±0.6, from the scan)

Themes

NotgeldSerienscheinOldenburgEaglePatrioticWeimar Republic

The type

Type

1 Mark, Gemeinde Steinfeld (Oldenburg), 1921 (Eagle series)

Printer

Not established

Rarity

common

Symbology

Eagle with tricolour

The German imperial eagle with the black-white-red flag of the Kaiserreich, a common patriotic motif on 1920s Notgeld.

"Wir wollen keine Dänen sein"

"We don't want to be Danes" — a political statement about the Schleswig question, despite Steinfeld being in Oldenburg rather than Schleswig-Holstein.

What was happening

A different series from Steinfeld (Oldenburg), more boldly patriotic. The front shows a large eagle clutching the broken black-white-red tricolour of the Kaiserreich, flanked by two large "1 MARK" numerals in ornate red. The text around the border reads Wir wollen keine Dä... nen sein / Wir wollen keine Da... nen sein — a patriotic refusal in the context of the Schleswig plebiscite, though Steinfeld is in Oldenburg, far from the Danish border.

Valid until 30 November 1921. Same signatories as the coat of arms series.

This account belongs to the type, not this copy — it is shared by every 1 Mark, Gemeinde Steinfeld (Oldenburg), 1921 (Eagle series) in the collection.