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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Bentheim |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Size | 53.6 × 33.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark navy blue letterpress Notgeld note with a central expressionist woodcut-style vignette of the 'Herrgott von Bentheim' — a medieval crucifix figure with arms outstretched, flanked by decorative ribbon scrolls and surmounted by the denomination '1 M' in bold characters. The town coat of arms with a bunch of grapes appears on a banner at the base bearing the town name 'BENTHEIM' in large block letters. Marginal text runs vertically on both sides and horizontally along the top and bottom borders, setting out the conditions of validity. |
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| Reverse lettering | DREI DINGE GIBT ES HIERZULAND DURCH WELCHE BENTHEIM WELTBEKANNT: DER HERRGOTT VON BENTHEIM WOHL TAUSEND JAHR ALT BAD BENTHEIM IM HERRLICHEN EICHENWALD DIE BENTHEIMER MOPPEN DES RUHMESWERT ALS SCHMACKHAFT GEBÄCK BELIEBT UND BEGEHRT DER MAGISTRAT |
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Bentheim was a small spa town in Lower Saxony, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1921, its Stadtkasse issued low-denomination Kleingeldscheine to address the acute coin shortage that followed the economic dislocations of the war and early Weimar inflation. The reference suffix 1-4/4 indicates this belongs to the fourth and final subtype in the series — small distinctions in serial placement or overprint that matter enormously to specialists assembling complete runs.
At roughly the size of a large postage stamp, these notes were genuinely pocket-worn in circulation. Surviving examples without folds or tears are the exception.