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2 Mark Darlehenskassenschein - with red underprint and red seal
| Issuer | Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Imperial Debt Administration) |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| In circulation to | 29 April 1924 |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red letterpress on light paper, the face carries a dense overall guilloche underprint in the same colour. The issuing authority's name arches across the top, flanked by ornamental side panels enclosing the denomination numeral "2"; the issuance text with date "12. August 1914" is centred below, with the red circular seal of the Reichsschuldenverwaltung at lower right accompanied by an embossed dry seal of the same authority. A statutory anti-counterfeiting warning runs in small type across the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Darlehenskassenschein Zwei Mark. 2 M 2 M Berlin, den 12. August 1914 Reichsschuldenverwaltung Wer Darlehenskassenscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft. (Translation: Loan certificate Two Marks. 2 M 2 M Berlin, August 12, 1914 Imperial Debt Administration Anyone who counterfeits or falsifies loan certificates or procures counterfeit or falsified loan certificates and puts them into circulation will be punished with imprisonment for not less than two years.) |
| Reverse description | Printed wholly in red, the reverse is organised around an elaborate guilloche composition in which two large circular rosettes flank a central vignette of the Imperial German eagle bearing a crest shield, the whole enclosed within an ornate cartouche of interlocking geometric and foliate scrollwork. The legend "Darlehenskassenschein" arches across the top, the denomination figure "2" with "Mark" appears at upper left and upper right, and "Zwei Mark" in decorative Gothic script runs along the bottom. |
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