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2 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Rietberg (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Rietberg i. W. 2 Mr. Löüt, go hen Prossjgune Ng den Lannspatrgune Met de Störenkrgune! Wäm man ng öm kicket, Unn Johannes nicket, Häi dei 'n Bröümen wicket! Die Sparkasse der Stadt Rietberg löst diesen Gutschein ein. Er wird ungültig einen Monat nach öffentlicher Aufkündigung. Rietberg, den 12. Mai 1921. Stadtvorsteher Ad. Essich & Co. Oldenburg i. O. |
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| Reverse lettering | St. Johannes-Kapelle bei Rietberg 2 Mr. |
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Rietberg is a small Westphalian town with no particular monetary history, which makes its 1921 Notgeld series more a product of the nationwide small-change crisis than any local necessity. The Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate coinage in the postwar inflationary spiral pushed thousands of German municipalities into self-issued emergency currency, and Rietberg was simply one of them.
Ad. Essich & Co. of Oldenburg handled a considerable volume of Notgeld commissions during this period, supplying multiple issuers across northwestern Germany. The reference number suggests at least five varieties within this 2 Mark denomination alone — likely color or text variants rather than distinct printings.