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2 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landeshauptkasse Kiel (Provinz Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, the heraldic shield of Provinz Schleswig-Holstein is printed in full colour within a decorative border of interlocked red and blue ornamental figures, with the province name set in Gothic script above. To the right, the denomination '2000 000 Mk' is rendered in large red Gothic lettering, beneath which a cursive redemption text declares payment by the Landeshauptkasse in Kiel against presentation of the voucher. The lower register carries a validity clause, the issue date 'Kiel 1. Sept. 1923', the dual authority line 'Der Provinzialausschuß + Der Landeshauptmann', and three manuscript countersignatures. |
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| Reverse description | The central field is occupied by a large vignette printed in red and blue in a folk-art woodcut manner, presenting two standing figures in traditional regional dress flanking a central motif, the whole enclosed within an ornate rectangular border incorporating corner vignettes of angels, a horseman, a castle, and other folkloric scenes. A Low German legend is overprinted in blue across the centre of the vignette panel. To the right of the main design, the denomination 'Zwei Millionen Mk' appears in bold black Gothic lettering, with the printer's imprint 'Hartung & Co., Hamburg' in small letterpress type at the lower centre of the panel. |
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Issued by the provincial treasury of Schleswig-Holstein rather than by a bank, this note is Notgeld in the strict fiscal sense — emergency expenditure paper authorized by a regional government body struggling to meet payroll and operating costs as hyperinflation made Reichsbank denominations obsolete within weeks of printing. The Landeshauptkasse Kiel was the central cash office for the provincial administration, giving these notes a quasi-official character that distinguishes them from the purely municipal Notgeld flooding Germany at the same moment.
Hartung & Co. in Hamburg were handling enormous print runs for multiple northern German issuers simultaneously in 1923. Quality control suffered accordingly.