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3 Mark Oldenburger Woche
| Issuer | Oldenburg in Oldenburg, City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark violet and pink on cream paper, framed by a decorative scalloped border with hatched corners. To the left, a large circular vignette bears the interlocked monogram 'OW' within a roundel inscribed 'OLDENBURGER WOCHE OLDENBURG' and dated '21.–31. MAI 1922'. To the right, the bold denomination '3 MARK' is set in a heavy display typeface above a block of German text stating the notgeld's validity period and issuing authority, followed by three handwritten facsimile signatures. The printer's imprint 'Ad. Essich & Co. vorm. F. Büttner, Oldenburg i. O.' appears in small type along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | 3 M OLDENBURG I.J. 2000. THEATER ZENTRALE |
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Oldenburg's "Woche" — week-money — notes were emergency scrip issued by the city during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1922, when Reichsbank notes were losing purchasing power faster than new denominations could be authorized. The 3 Mark piece is among the smaller-value Wochengeld issues, designed for very short-term circulation by definition; the weekly-issue model meant notes were theoretically redeemable and retired on a rolling basis, though in practice the system grew chaotic as inflation accelerated through that summer.
Printed locally by Ad. Essich & Co., the successor firm to F. Büttner — a regional commercial printer, not a specialist securities house.