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2 Mark
| Issuer | Gemeinde Keitum (Municipality of Keitum) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Vertical-format emergency note printed in black and yellow with text in blue and black on smooth white paper. A polychrome coat of arms rendered in red, blue, yellow, and black occupies the central field, framed by the issuing authority's name and denomination in a surrounding text panel. The note carries a letterpress-printed redemption notice and the authorization line of the municipal governing body. |
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| Reverse lettering | 2 MARK (2) Noch ha wü wat tö klagin Man dit kenn Men, ner ur Hur Mur es, wat tö wagin Der mut er bedter ur GUTSCHEIN KEITUM a SYLT |
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Keitum is a small village on the island of Sylt, and this 2 Mark Gemeinde note dates from the peak of German municipal notgeld production — when hundreds of local authorities issued their own paper currency to address coin shortages during the postwar inflation spiral. Edler & Krische in Hanover were prolific notgeld printers of the period, working across numerous regional commissions simultaneously.
The watermark security feature is worth noting on a piece this small from a municipal issuer — not all Gemeinde-level notgeld bothered with it. Designer credit to Holtz is preserved in the DeNG reference, though little biographical detail on this particular artist survives in the specialist literature.