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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Dorsten (City of Dorsten) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Issued as a Jubiläumsgeld (jubilee emergency note) to mark the 675th anniversary of the city of Dorsten, the obverse is printed on a golden-ochre speckled ground within a black-ruled border. The denomination numeral '1' appears in large outline letters at upper left and lower right, with the inscription 'MARK' set in bold letterpress. A bold, calligraphic hand-lettered text in German script occupies the central field, referencing the jubilee occasion. At lower left, a red circular municipal seal of the Stadt Dorsten is applied, and the serial number with prefix letter is printed in red at the bottom right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1 MARK Jubiläumsgeld zum 675jährigen Bestehen der Stadt Dorsten 1 MARK |
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Dorsten's 1921 Notgeld emission belongs to the dense wave of municipal emergency currency that flooded the Ruhr region as postwar inflation began outpacing the Reichsbank's ability to supply small-denomination coinage. Stadt Dorsten, a modest coal-district town, printed locally rather than contracting a specialist printer — a choice that shows in the comparatively plain execution relative to the more elaborate issues from larger Westphalian municipalities competing for collector interest at the time.
The DeNG reference suffix ".1-2/6" indicates this catalogues across two plate variants within the same series, a distinction that matters more to specialists than the price differential typically suggests.