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2 Deutsche Mark
| Issuer | Deutsche Notenbank |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Value | 2 Mark (2 DDM) |
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| Obverse description | Purple-brown note with an overall guilloche underprint in green and ochre tones. The left margin carries a vertical ornamental panel enclosing a numeral '2' within an oval guilloche vignette above the word 'MARK'. The central field bears the large Gothic-script denomination 'ZWEI DEUTSCHE MARK' above a smaller text block attributing the issue to the Deutsche Notenbank, Berlin 1948, while a bold circular guilloche rosette to the right frames a large numeral '2' with 'MARK' beneath. The word 'BANKNOTE' runs across the top border, with corner numerals '2' at each angle. |
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| Reverse description | Purple-brown note on a pale ochre and green guilloche underprint. The central vignette consists of an elaborate multi-layered rosette of lathe-work guilloche surrounding a large bold numeral '2', within which a wheatsheaf motif is engraved. Two symmetrical scroll banners flanking the rosette each carry the inscription 'DEUTSCHE MARK'. The heading 'BANKNOTE' appears in the top border, and the right margin features a vertical panel with a further '2' vignette above 'MARK', alongside a vertical anti-counterfeiting legend in small type. |
| Reverse lettering | BANKNOTE ZWEI DEUTSCHE MARK DEUTSCHE MARK DEUTSCHE MARK WER BANKNOTEN NACHMACHT ODER VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHGEMACHTE ODER VERFÄLSCHTE SICH VERSCHAFFT UND IN VERKEHR BRINGT, WIRD LAUT GESETZ BESTRAFT (Translation: Two Deutsche Mark. Whosoever counterfeits or falsifies banknotes, or procures and circulates counterfeited or falsified banknotes, will be punished according to law.) |
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