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2 Mark
| Uitgever | Stadtgemeinderat Grünhain (City of Grünhain, Saxony) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1917 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Printed in black on cream paper, the reverse centres on a large woodcut-style landscape vignette presenting a panoramic view of the Marktplatz zu Grünhain as it appeared in 1632, with half-timbered burgher houses at left, a church tower at right, wooded hills receding into the background, and billowing cloud formations above; the caption "Marktplatz zu Grünhain von 1632." is inscribed within the vignette at lower centre. Running continuously along all four margins in blackletter script is a historical verse referencing Colonel von Zwönitz and the destructive events of the year 1632. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Watermark |
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| Opmerkingen |
Grünhain is a small Saxon mining town with a population that barely exceeded a few hundred in the early twentieth century — which makes the Stadtgemeinderat's decision to issue notgeld in 1917 less a municipal ambition than a wartime necessity. The German metal coinage shortage had become acute by mid-war, with copper and nickel redirected to munitions production, leaving small towns scrambling to cover everyday transactions.
The choice of Wiedemannsche Druckerei in Saalfeld — across the state border in Thuringia — was typical of smaller Saxon communities that lacked a local commercial printer capable of handling even modest security work. The watermarked paper was the minimum barrier against forgery deemed acceptable under the Reich's notgeld guidelines of that period.