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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Wiedenbrück (City of Wiedenbrück) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange, grey-green, and dark brown, with large gothic numeral '5' vignettes flanking both upper corners against a swirling grey underprint. A central circular seal of Wiedenbrück rendered in orange depicts twin church towers, a key, and a cartwheel, surrounded by the Latin legend 'CONSENSU CIVIUM'; two armoured medieval warrior figures stand as lateral supporters on either side of the seal. The denomination 'Fünf Mark' appears in bold orange gothic lettering across the top, with the issuing authority text 'Gutschein für den Geldverkehr in der Stadt Wiedenbrück' and the date '1.7. 1921' across the lower portion, accompanied by two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Mark Gutschein für den Geldverkehr in der Stadt Wiedenbrück 1.7. 1921 Gültig bis auf öffentliche Bekanntmachung Der Magistrat Bürgermeister Widerruf durch Bekanntmachung Die Stadtverordneten Stadtverordnetenvorsteher CONSENSU CIVIUM 5 |
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Wiedenbrück's 1921 notgeld issue came at the peak of Germany's municipal emergency currency wave, when thousands of towns printed their own notes to offset chronic coin shortages and, increasingly, to profit from collector demand. The Stadt Wiedenbrück engaged Ad Eßich & Co. of Oldenburg — a regional printer responsible for a considerable volume of Westphalian notgeld during this period — with design credited to O. Nausester, an otherwise obscure figure whose name surfaces only in connection with a handful of these local commissions.
By 1921, the line between functional currency and philatelic souvenir had almost entirely collapsed in the notgeld market. Many such pieces were never intended to circulate at all.