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2 Mark
| Issuer | Bad Neuenahr A.G. Bank-Abteilung (Kurdirektion) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 1/2#938.1-5/6 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in a multicolour letterpress style with a bold red and black border. At centre, a large heraldic vignette displays the civic coat of arms of Bad Neuenahr — a black eagle with red talons on a gold shield, flanked by symmetrical laurel branches against a blue-ruled underprint. The denomination '2 Mk' appears in large Gothic type at upper left and upper right, with the issuer's name 'BAD-NEUENAHR' on a gold arch band above the arms; a diamond-shaped device at lower left bears the monogram 'BN', and a validity notice at lower right states expiry on 31 December 1922. |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 MK MK 2 BAD-NEUENAHR A.-G. Bank-Abt. BN Dieser Scheck verliert seine Gültigkeit am 31. Dezbr. 1922. Zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus unserm Guthaben an den Inhaber Mk. 2. Reihe 1 Schecks 5 Neuenahr, 1. März 1922 Die Kurdirektion |
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Bad Neuenahr was a spa town in the Ahr valley whose thermal waters drew a prosperous clientele, and by 1922 the Kurdirektion — the administrative body overseeing the resort — had taken on a banking function to ease the severe small-change shortage gripping Germany during the hyperinflationary spiral. This note is Notgeld in the strict sense: emergency municipal scrip issued because Reichsbank coin and low-denomination paper had effectively vanished from everyday commerce.
The DeNG reference covers multiple varieties within this type, suggesting the series was printed in at least six distinguishable states — likely signature or serial variations rather than design changes.