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3 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Blomberg i.L. (Städtische Spar- und Leihekasse) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in multicolour with a decorative Art Nouveau border of intertwined green garlands, yellow acanthus scrollwork, and red ribbon drapes framing the central text panel. A bright yellow cartouche at centre bears the issuing authority and denomination inscriptions, with a pale green guilloche underprint showing the numeral '3'. Two red poppy vignettes appear at the lower left and right corners, and the serial number is printed in black at the bottom centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | DREI MARK DREI MARK 3 3 In Barntrup was Fuer; se lösket nich slecht, Deu Blömmersken keumen no justement recht. Den Barntropsken was de Sluck te duer, Hänne weg, reupen s', t' is iuse Fuer! |
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Blomberg's municipal savings and loan office — the Städtische Spar- und Leihekasse — issued this note during the early Weimar inflation spiral, when hundreds of small German towns were forced to print their own emergency currency simply to keep local commerce functioning. The Reichsbank could not supply small-denomination coin and note fast enough, and the gap was filled by exactly this kind of Notgeld.
Gustav Heynke, Kanne und Kühne operated out of nearby Detmold and handled a number of Lippe-region municipal issues in this period. Thelemann's design credit is unusual enough to be worth noting — most small-town Notgeld went to press without any named designer at all.