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2 Mark Detlev v. Liliencron Gesellschaft
| Issuer | Municipality of Altrahlstedt |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Herausgabe dieses Scheines als Notgeld ist von der Regierung gestattet worden Als Notgeld der Gemeinde Altrahlstedt durch das Reichsfinanzministerium gestattet, läuft bis 15. Dez. 1922. Kirche in Altrahlstedt älteste Kirche Schleswig-Holsteins Quittung über eine Zuwendung für die Detlev von Liliencron-Gesellschaft im Betrage von 2 Mark Altrahlstedt, den 15. Oktbr. 1922. Der Gemeindevorsteher. |
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| Reverse lettering | Detlev von Liliencron-Gesellschaft-Altrahlstedt. Genießt und kämpft und wehrt euch bis aufs Messer, Sonst seid ihr ohne Frage gleich verloren, Rubert getrost im wildesten Gewässer, Es winkt ein Hafenplatz! — Nur fortrumoren! Liliencron |
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Altrahlstedt was a small municipality on the northeastern edge of Hamburg, and this 2 Mark notgeld piece belongs to a locally commissioned series honoring Detlev von Liliencron, the naturalist poet born in nearby Kiel in 1844 who spent much of his later life in the Holstein region. The Detlev v. Liliencron Gesellschaft — a society dedicated to his memory — provided the organizing impetus for the issue, which makes this a rare case of a literary memorial society driving notgeld production rather than a purely municipal fiscal need.
Otto Thämer handled the design work. The 1922 dating places it squarely in the inflationary notgeld wave that preceded the hyperinflationary collapse later that year.