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1 Deutsche Mark v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel
| Issuer | v. Bodelschwinghsche Anstalten Bethel |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Value | 1 Deutsche Mark (1 DEM) |
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| Obverse description | Orange and brown voucher with a fine guilloche underprint throughout. At left, an oval guilloche vignette enclosing the numeral "1"; at centre-right, the denomination "EINE DEUTSCHE MARK" in bold letterpress within an ornate cartouche, above the issuer's name and date. A circular embossed seal appears at lower centre-left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1 DEUTSCHE MARK 1 Berechtigt zum Bezug und zur Verwendung von 1 DEUTSCHE MARK 1 Warengutscheinen der v. Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten sind alle Pfleglinge, Mitarbeiter und Pensionäre der Anstalten Bethel, Sarepta und Nazareth, einschließlich des Lehr- körpers und der Mitarbeiter der kirchlichen Hochschule. Die Hauptkassenverwaltung darf von den nicht zum Warengutscheinverkehr zugelassenen Anstaltsgeschäf- ten oder von Geschäften und Personen außerhalb des Anstaltsbereiches Warengutscheine nicht annehmen. 1 |
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Bethel, the diaconal institution founded near Bielefeld in 1867, operated its own internal currency for decades — a practical measure to keep money circulating within the community rather than leaking out through the town economy. By 1973, when this note was issued, Bethel housed tens of thousands of residents with epilepsy, psychiatric conditions, and physical disabilities, many of whom had few financial dealings with the outside world. The scrip kept commercial life contained and accountable within the institution's own shops and workshops.
Giesecke & Devrient's involvement gives the note a security specification well above what most private scrip ever received.