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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Rietberg (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note is dominated by a multicolour quartered municipal coat of arms of Rietberg i. W., its fields bearing heraldic charges including an eagle, a mermaid, a bear, and crossed torches on alternating tinctures. To the right, the denomination '1 Mk.' is set in large Gothic numerals at upper right, below which two stanzas of Low German verse appear in six lines. A redemption clause signed by the Stadtvorsteher, together with a serial number and the place designation 'Rietberg-Ostfriesl.', runs along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Rietberg i. W. 1 Mk. Dat Sluott van Rebberg lagg im Sump Nou is et wägg met Stiel un Stump De Grosen hätt et Eden nannt; Süs was't os Dräcksluott weit bekannt. Man söüht, wat äinem swatt un greis, Dat is dem annern sein Paradeis. Die Sparkasse der Stadt Rietberg löst diesen Gutschein ein / Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung / Rietberg, den 12. Mai 1921 Rietberg-Ostfriesl. Stadtvorsteher Ad. Essich & Co. Oldenburg i. O. |
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Rietberg is a small Westphalian town — population well under five thousand in the early 1920s — which makes its Notgeld issue slightly surprising in its apparent ambition. The reference number suggests at least five catalogued varieties for this single denomination, pointing to multiple print runs or distinct design states across a short issuance window, likely tied to the acute coin shortage that persisted in Germany well into 1921.
Ad. Essich & Co. of Oldenburg handled a substantial volume of municipal Notgeld contracts during this period, producing notes for dozens of smaller communities across northern and central Germany. Their work is competent but rarely distinguished — the interest here is civic and documentary rather than typographic.