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2 Mark
| Issuer | City of Goslar (Notgeld) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange, black, and red with a bold decorative border. At centre, a large orange heraldic shield bears a black spread eagle, the arms of Goslar, flanked on either side by large red numeral '2' denominators above the Gothic-script legend 'Mark Mark'. Below the shield, a text panel in letterpress carries the redemption clause and the issuance declaration in Gothic script, noting the note was issued on the occasion of Goslar's millennium celebration on 2 July 1922 by the Stadtverwaltung. The designer credit 'ENTW: RUDOLF FRICKE' and printer credit 'DRUCK: LATTMANN, GOSLAR' appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in blue, green, and black against a vertically hatched background. At centre, a large stylised numeral '2' in blue and green occupies the upper field, flanked by two figures in traditional regional dress: a Harz woman (Harzfrau) in layered blue cape and black dress to the left, and a miner (Bergmann) in working attire to the right. A lower blue panel carries the medieval Low German inscription in Gothic script. The designer and printer credits appear in the lower margin, with the legend 'Harzfrau IV Bergmann' printed in red script at the bottom edge. |
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Goslar's 1922 Notgeld series was among the more deliberately collectible emissions of the German municipal currency period — towns competed openly for philatelic buyers, and the Lattmann print shop, based in Goslar itself, produced work that reflected local pride rather than emergency necessity. By 1922 the genuine payment crisis that had originally justified municipal paper had largely given way to a cottage industry, with many issues designed and printed speculatively for sale to collectors rather than for wage packets or market stalls.
Rudolf Fricke's involvement ties this to a recognizable strand of Harz-region graphic design from the period. Lattmann's local production kept distribution costs low and turnaround fast.