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5 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Wiedenbrück (City of Wiedenbrück) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in orange, grey-green, and dark brown on plain paper. At centre, a large circular vignette reproduces the city seal of Wiedenbrück, showing twin church towers flanking a key above a cartwheel, encircled by the Latin legend CONSENSUS CIVIUM; the seal is flanked by two woodcut-style figures of armoured medieval guardsmen. Large orange numeral '5' cornerstones occupy the upper left and right, with swirling guilloche underprint panels behind them, and the denomination 'Fünf Mark' in bold orange Gothic lettering runs across the top. Below the seal, the issuing text 'Gutschein für den Geldverkehr / 1.7. in der 1921.' appears alongside two manuscript signatures, one for Der Magistrat (Bürgermeister) at left and one for Die Stadtverordneten (Stadtverordnetenvorsteher) at right, above the bold imprint 'STADT WIEDENBRÜCK' across the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Mark Gültig bis auf öffentliche Bekanntmachung Der Magistrat Bürgermeister Widerruf durch Bekanntmachung Die Stadtverordneten Stadtverordnetenvorsteher Gutschein für den Geldverkehr 1.7. in der 1921. STADT WIEDENBRÜCK CONSENSUS CIVIUM |
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Wiedenbrück, a small Westphalian town with a population barely clearing 5,000 in the early 1920s, issued this note during the first wave of German municipal notgeld — before hyperinflation made such instruments nearly worthless within weeks of printing. At five marks, this sits at the upper end of denominations municipalities typically authorized for themselves under the emergency currency provisions that followed the postwar financial disruption.
Ad. Eßich & Co. of Oldenburg handled a substantial volume of notgeld commissions from smaller German municipalities during this period, which means the printing quality is competent but the design almost certainly follows a house template rather than a custom commission.