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2 Mark Erholungsstätten Gesellschaft
| Issuer | Erholungsstätten Gesellschaft E.V. Hamburg / Hamburger Ausschuss für soziale Fürsorge E.V. |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | SCHULLENGRIEDER KINDER HILFE IN NOT ERFORDERT GELD ZWEI MARK 2 Dieser Gutschein wird von allen Hamburger Schulen und Wohlfahrtsvereinen, die erholungsbedürftige Kinder nach dem Gorch Fock Hus in Ording oder einem Heime der unterzeichneten Vereine entsenden, zur Hälfte des Nennwertes (Eine Mark) bis zum 1. Oktober 1925 in Zahlung genommen. Erholungsstätten Gesellsch. E.V. Sitz in Hambg. Hamburger Ausschuss für soziale Fürsorge E.V. MIT ALLEINIGER ZUSTÄNDIGER GENEHMIGUNG HERAUSGEGEBEN. GORCH FOCK SERIE 1.A-C. NACHDRUCK VERBOTEN! No 190205 |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue on pale paper within a decorative scrollwork border, the reverse is divided into three panels. The left panel carries a line-drawn vignette of the Gorch Fock Hus building in Ording with the caption GORCH FOCK HUS IN ORDING. The wide central panel presents a humorous caricature, signed 'Harry', of a stout sailor in cap and coat hauling a fishing net, with a sailing vessel on the horizon. The narrow right panel contains a Low German verse quotation accompanied by a small holly-branch ornament. |
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This 2 Mark piece belongs to the sprawling world of German Notgeld issued during the hyperinflation of 1923, but its issuer distinguishes it from the typical municipal or merchant scrip of the period. The Erholungsstätten Gesellschaft E.V. — a Hamburg welfare association focused on providing rest and recuperation facilities for working-class residents — issued this note under the umbrella of the Hamburger Ausschuss für soziale Fürsorge, a coordinating body for social welfare organizations in the city.
Welfare associations issuing their own emergency currency was not unheard of in 1923, but it was uncommon enough that these notes circulated within a narrow institutional network rather than general commerce.