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2 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Steinburg |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided Notgeld printed entirely in red on buff paper, composed in a bold Jugendstil letterpress style. The left vignette presents a sword thrust into rocky ground with a bird perched atop its hilt, surrounded by stylised foliage, while a vertical runic-style inscription borders the left margin. To the right, the circular seal of the Kreisausschuss des Kreises Steinburg appears above a sunburst numeral '2' and black serial number, followed by the denomination 'ZWEI MARK' in large display lettering; the full border carries an aphoristic German text in Gothic runic script running continuously around all four edges. |
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| Reverse lettering | KREIS STEINBURG 2 2 7 7 |
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Steinburg is a district in Holstein, and this 1918 emission belongs to the vast German Kleingeldersatz phenomenon — emergency municipal paper issued as subsidiary coinage collapsed under wartime metal demands. The Kreisausschuss, the district executive committee, had the legal standing to authorize such issues, though the monetary chaos of late 1918 meant oversight was largely nominal by the time this note circulated.
J.J. Augustin in Glückstadt was a regional printer with a long history of fine printing work, and their involvement in local Notgeld production was a natural fit given the proximity to the issuing authority. Designer Wenz. Aug. Kabuik is otherwise obscure — likely a commercial illustrator engaged for the series rather than a figure of broader numismatic note.