2 Mark Oldenburger Woche

Oldenburger Woche was a regional trade fair held in Oldenburg in the summer of 1922, and this 2 Mark note was issued specifically to facilitate transactions during the event — a common enough practice in Weimar-era Germany, where hyperinflationary pressure and coin shortages pushed local organizers toward private emergency money. The Essich firm, successor to F. Büttner, was a local Oldenburg printer, which keeps the entire production chain unusually close: committee, issuer, and press all within the same city.