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2 Mark Landesbürgerrat Schleswig-Holstein
| Issuer | Landesbürgerrat Schleswig-Holstein |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 2 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in salmon-red and dark blue on plain paper, with a dense letterpress underprint composed of words relating to Schleswig-Holstein regional identity arranged in horizontal rows across the entire field. Centred at the top is the denomination '2 M.' in large bold type above the word 'ANWEISUNG', followed by a three-line German text instructing the Bank für Handel und Gewerbe, Altona, to pay the bearer the stated sum until 1 March 1922. The issuing authority 'Landesbürgerrat Schleswig-Holstein' is printed below the text block, with the place and date 'Altona-Elbe, 15 Febr. 1922' at lower left and the title 'Der Geschäftsführer' with a manuscript signature at lower right, all framed by a plain dark blue rectangular border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a rich multicolour letterpress style on a pink ground, framed by a decorative border of teal, red, and black rules. At centre is an oval vignette containing a bust portrait of Matthäus Friedrich Chemnitz, the Schleswig poet, rendered in dark blue on a teal background, encircled by the inscription 'MATTHÄUS FRIEDRICH CHEMNITZ · DER DICHTER DES LIEDES'. To the left panel stands the combined arms of Schleswig and Holstein in yellow and green with the denomination '2 M' below, and to the right panel appears the Holstein arms in red and white with a second '2 M' numeral. The header 'SCHLESWIG-' is lettered in bold capitals across the top in dark blue on a teal band. |
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The Landesbürgerrat Schleswig-Holstein — the "state citizens' council" — was a short-lived administrative body that emerged from the post-WWI reorganization of the region following the 1920 plebiscites that divided Schleswig between Denmark and Germany. Emergency notgeld of this type was issued to address acute small-denomination shortages that plagued northern Germany in the early 1920s before inflation rendered such values meaningless within months. The issuing authority itself was unusual: a civic council rather than a municipal treasury or savings bank taking on the role of currency issuer.