Catalog
2 Marki - Poznań
| Issuer | Magistrat Miasta Poznania (City Council of Poznań) |
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| Year | 1919 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | MIASTO POZNAŃ odpowiada za wartość tego biletu 2 MARKI DWIE 2 MARKI Poznań, dnia 4 listopada 1919. MAGISTRAT B DPTAP |
| Reverse description | Plain typeset reverse on white paper, with the denomination POZNAŃ 2 MARKI printed at the upper and lower margins. The central text block contains the anti-counterfeiting warning in Polish, set in letterpress across multiple lines, stating that any person who counterfeits, falsifies, or knowingly circulates falsified notes of the City of Poznań is subject to a severe prison sentence. |
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Poznań was only weeks clear of German administration when this note appeared — the city transferred to Polish control in February 1919 following the Greater Poland Uprising, and the municipal council was issuing emergency scrip almost immediately to address a severe shortage of small-denomination currency. Berlin's withdrawal had left local commerce effectively stranded.
Magistrat-issued notgeld of this type was meant as a stopgap until Warsaw could supply proper state currency, which took considerably longer than anticipated.