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2 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Münster in Westfalen (City of Münster in Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in a bold Art Nouveau lithographic style presents a crowned medieval king in red robes, holding a sceptre, standing over a crowd of prostrate figures rendered in red and blue tones against an arched architectural backdrop. The denomination numeral '2' appears in large format at lower left and right, with the word 'MARK' beneath each; ornamental vertical borders with crown and foliate motifs flank the central scene on either side. Redemption text and the date '1. August 1921' along with 'Der Magistrat' and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower margin beneath the main vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | EIN KONINK IS RECHT OVER ALL EIN GODT EIN GELOVE EIN DOEPE NOTGELD DER STADT MÜNSTER I.W. 2 MARK |
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Münster's 1921 municipal emergency currency was part of Germany's vast Notgeld phenomenon — a system where local governments and businesses printed their own small-denomination notes after the Reichsbank could no longer keep pace with demand for low-value currency. By 1921, the inflationary pressure was acute enough that even mid-sized Westphalian cities like Münster were acting as de facto issuers. Gebrüder Jänecke in Hannover was one of the more prolific commercial printers of this wave, producing Notgeld for numerous municipalities across northwestern Germany.
The DeNG reference suffix variants (.2b-4/5) indicate this belongs to a documented sub-series with distinguishable typographic or printing differences — worth noting for specialists assembling complete runs.