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1 Mark
| Issuer | City of Barntrup |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette illustrating a humorous allegorical procession of figures representing towns of the Lippe region — Detmold, Lemgo, Salzuflen, Horn, Blomberg, and Barntrup — each labelled by name, with a seated allegorical female figure at left and a figure carrying a basket inscribed 'Notgeld' at right, all set against a yellow horizon on a light ground. The issuer's title 'STADT BARNTRUP IN LIPPE.' is inscribed in bold letterpress within a decorative border at the top, while a Low German motto band reading 'Nautgeld hätt nlu jeude Stadt, Barntrup will auk nau watt.' runs below the vignette. The lower panel contains a two-column verse in local dialect alongside the denomination numeral '1' in ornate guilloche cartouches at each corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT BARNTRUP IN LIPPE. Gutschein über eine Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen eingelöst. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit 1 Monat nach Aufkündigung. BARNTRUP Dies geschieht durch orts-übliche Bekanntmachung und in der Lippischen Landeszeitung. 20. November 1921. Der Magistrat Bürgermeister. Die Stadtv.-Versammlung Städtv. Vorsteher. No 048871 STADT BARNTRUP IN LIPPE. Gustav Heynke, Kanne & Kühne, Detmold |
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Barntrup is a small town in the Lippe region of northwestern Germany, and this 1921 Notgeld issue is exactly what you'd expect from a municipality of its size — locally contracted, modestly produced, and intended to address the chronic small-change shortage that plagued German commerce in the early Weimar years. Gustav Heynke and Kanne und Kühne were Detmold-area printers, not specialist security firms, which is reflected in the straightforward production values.
Lippe was at this point still technically a Free State within the Weimar Republic, its political status unresolved since the November 1918 abdication of Prince Leopold IV.