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2 Marki
| Issuer | Magistrat miasta Pucka (Municipality of Puck) |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green underprint with black letterpress text on cream paper. The central field is dominated by a large ornate guilloche oval enclosing a vignette of a sea creature amid waves, flanked on each side by a circular medallion bearing a Polish eagle. The denomination 'Bilet miejski / 2 marki' is inscribed in bold script at the top, followed by a Polish-language payment obligation clause, the date 'Puck, dnia 24. go Lutego 1920.' and the issuing authority 'Magistrat miasta Pucka' with manuscript signatures below. Decorative guilloche borders run along all four edges. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with a simple dark green typeset rectangular border of diamond-pattern guilloche. The denomination '2 marki' appears in the left and right margins, while the centre carries a serial number prefixed 'L. nast.' and a multi-line Polish-language expiry clause in letterpress. A violet circular official stamp of the Magistrat miasta Pucka is applied to the lower right portion of the text. |
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Puck — known historically by its German name Putzig — had only just come under Polish administration in February 1920, when General Haller's troops staged the symbolic "wedding to the sea" ceremony on the Baltic shore. The timing of this municipal emission places it squarely in the chaotic transitional weeks when Pomerelia was being absorbed into the newly reconstituted Polish state and ordinary commerce had no reliable currency to fall back on.
Small-denomination notgeld from towns like Puck was a stopgap against acute coin shortages, not a monetary statement. The Magistrat had neither the infrastructure nor the time to do anything elaborate.