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2 Deutsche Mark v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel
| Issuer | v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel, Sarepta und Nazareth |
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| Year | 1958 |
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| Obverse description | Green guilloche underprint covers the face, with a broad ornate border of interlaced lathe-work. A large numeral "2" vignette in brown occupies the left panel, while the central field carries the denomination "ZWEI" in bold letterpress over a fine rosette guilloche. A white embossed seal with a trefoil motif appears at centre-left, and two manuscript signatures with the date 1 January 1958 are printed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 2 WARENGUTSCHEIN 2 Gegen diesen Warengutschein erhält der Überbringer in den hierfür zugelassenen Geschäften der v. Bodelschwingh- schen Anstalten Waren und Leistungen im Wert für ZWEI DEUTSCHE MARK DIE VORSTÄNDE der v. Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel, Sarepta und Nazareth 2 BETHEL, den 1. Januar 1958 [2 signatures] 2 |
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The Bodelschwingh institutions at Bethel, near Bielefeld, operated one of the largest Protestant welfare communities in Germany — a self-contained settlement for people with epilepsy, psychiatric conditions, and other disabilities that by the mid-twentieth century had its own workshops, farms, and internal economy. This scrip was a functional instrument within that closed system, allowing residents and staff to transact without access to federal currency. The arrangement had deep roots: Bethel had issued internal currency since the late nineteenth century.
Giesecke & Devrient printing the piece is not incidental — the institution insisted on professionally produced notes specifically to discourage counterfeiting within the community.