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2 Mark Sparkasse
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Brühl bei Köln |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out in three vertical panels against a brown underprint, with a blue and black decorative border of scrollwork. The central panel bears the municipal coat of arms of Cologne — a blue shield with a black cross and eleven flames, surmounted by a crowned helm with elaborate mantling — beneath a scroll cartouche inscribed with the issuer's name. Flanking white panels carry the denomination numerals '2 M' in brown script within blue shield-shaped vignettes, with the left panel bearing a payment obligation text and the right panel the bearer clause, while the lower margin shows the account designation 'Konto D' at left and a six-digit serial number at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die städt. Sparkasse Brühl bei Köln zahle gegen dieser Scheck aus unseren Guthaben an überbringer Zwei Mark Konto D Köln, den Kreissparkasse Köln Dieser Scheck muß bis 1. Oktober 1922 eingelöst sein. FLEMMING-WISKOTT-A.-G.-GLOGAU |
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Städtische Sparkasse Brühl bei Köln was one of hundreds of municipal savings banks that stepped into the void left by the Reichsbank's inability to keep small-denomination coinage in circulation during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922. These Sparkassen-issued Notgeld notes were technically advances against deposits rather than banknotes proper — a legal distinction that allowed local institutions to issue them without central authorization.
Carl Flemming & Wiskott in Glogau handled an enormous volume of Notgeld commissions during this period, which is why the printing quality across their output varies considerably. Glogau itself was solidly within German Silesia at the time of printing — its current Polish designation reflects the post-1945 border redraw, not its status in 1922.