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2 Mark Sparkasse
| Issuer | Sparkasse Arnsberg |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-grey note centred on an oval vignette of the Arnsberg Glockenturm (bell tower) with surrounding medieval structures, executed in a watercolour-style illustration signed 'J. Schwertner' at lower centre. The denomination 'ZWEI MARK' appears in large Gothic lettering flanking the vignette, with circular guilloche rosettes bearing the numeral '2' at lower left and right. Gothic script curves around the oval frame and fills the lateral panels with the payment instruction and validity clause, with the Magistrat manuscript signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | HIER IST EIN SCHÖNES FLECKCHEN ERDE FR. WILH. IV ALT-ARNSBERG 2 MARK 2 |
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Arnsberg's municipal savings bank was one of hundreds of German local institutions forced into emergency currency production during the Inflationszeit, when Reichsbank notes became so scarce relative to demand that payroll and retail transactions simply could not function. The Sparkasse issues of 1921 sit in the transitional phase before hyperinflation rendered denominations like 2 Mark effectively worthless within months of printing.
J. Schwertner's credit is unusual — most Notgeld of this type went unsigned or carried only the lithographer's imprint. Worth noting for collectors working the Arnsberg municipal series.