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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Barntrup (City of Barntrup) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 1 Mark |
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| Obverse description | Dark-ground letterpress composition enclosed by a full-perimeter ornate scrollwork border, with the voucher title 'Gutschein über eine Mark' set in large bold type across the upper register and the issuer inscription 'Stadt Barntrup in Lippe' in the top and bottom margins. The central vignette presents the municipal coat of arms within a circular frame — a quartered shield combining the Lippe rose and a six-pointed star on contrasting fields — flanked by bilingual redemption and validity clauses, with the issue date '20. November 1921' to the lower right. The lower yellow panel carries printed designations for 'Der Magistrat' and 'Die Stadtv.-Versammlung' with spaces for manuscript signatures alongside a printed serial number. |
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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 ortsübliche Bekanntmachung und in der Lippischen Landeszeitung. 20. November 1921. Der Magistrat Bürgermeister. Die Stadtv.-Versammlung Stadtv.-Vorsteher. Gustav Heynke, Kanne & Kühne, Detmold |
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Barntrup is a small town in the Lippe region of what was then the Free State of Lippe, a rump principality that had survived the 1918 collapse of the German monarchies but retained no monetary authority of its own. Like hundreds of similarly sized municipalities across Weimar Germany, Barntrup issued its own notgeld in 1921 as the Reichsbank struggled to keep pace with accelerating inflation — local issuers stepped in to cover the chronic shortage of low-denomination coins and small notes in everyday transactions.
Gustav Heynke and Kanne & Kühne were established Detmold printers who handled notgeld commissions for multiple Lippe municipalities during this period, which makes attribution of regional issues comparatively reliable.