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2 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Dorsten (City of Dorsten) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Tan stippled underprint with large calligraphic numeral '2' at left and right flanking central block text commemorating the 675th anniversary of the city of Dorsten. A red circular municipal seal of Dorsten is affixed at centre. Historical text in Gothic script references the victories of 1382 and 1588 and the Bürgerschützen tradition. |
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| Obverse lettering | JUBILÄUMSGELD ZUM 675 JÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER STADT DORSTEN Zur Feier der Siege 1382 u. 1588 wurde alljährlich, seit 1588 bis 1772 am 28. Febr. die "Arytvyt" festlich begangen sich bis heute in den Bürgerschützen= Reste dieser haben "Sappeuren" des festes erhalten. 2 MARK |
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Dorsten is a small Westphalian town whose municipal notgeld program in 1921 sat squarely within the second wave of German emergency money — no longer the crude wartime issues of 1914–18, but the more deliberately produced "series" notgeld aimed partly at collectors and partly at genuine small-change shortages. The reference number suggests at least six distinct varieties within this denomination alone, which is consistent with the practice of releasing multiple design variants to encourage collector purchases and generate revenue for cash-strapped municipalities.
Locally printed issues from towns of this size often lack the professional engraving quality of notes commissioned from Leipzig or Berlin houses. Worth checking this one's typography carefully against known varieties — the 282.1 through 282.6 sequence implies differences that are likely positional, color, or overprint-based rather than date-related.