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2 Mark Kreis Neustadt in Westpreußen
| Issuer | Kreiskommunalkasse Neustadt in Westpreußen |
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| Year | 1914 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper Gutschein (emergency note) printed in black letterpress within a rectangular border of fine dashed rules. The denomination 'Gutschein über 2 Mark.' is set in large Gothic blackletter type at the top, followed by two lines of text naming the Kreiskommunalkasse in Neustadt Wpr. as the paying authority and giving the issue date of 1 September 1914. A circular pink official stamp bearing the Prussian eagle and the legend of the Starostwo Powiatowe Chmirowskie is applied to the centre, with manuscript signatures below the printed role designations 'Der Landrat.' and 'Der Rendant.' at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 2 Mark. Zahlbar bei der Kreiskommunalkasse in Neustadt Wpr. Neustadt Wpr., den 1. September 1914. Der Landrat. Der Rendant. |
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Neustadt in Westpreußen — now Wejherowo in northern Poland — issued this 2 Mark Notgeld in the opening weeks of the First World War, part of the emergency small-change currency that flooded German municipal offices in late 1914 as coin hoarding stripped retail circulation almost overnight. The Reichsbank had sanctioned such issues to stabilize local commerce, but the actual printing and stamping was handled entirely at the district level, which is why quality and consistency vary sharply across surviving examples.
The official stamp is the sole security measure — no serial numbering, no watermark. Forgery was a real concern with these issues, and some districts later recalled and restamped their notes precisely because unstamped sheets had leaked before authorization.