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2 Marki Wejherowo
| Issuer | Starostwo Powiatu Wejherowskiego (District Administration of Wejherowo) |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Size | 102 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper with black text. A Polish eagle vignette is centered on the note, flanked by parallel columns of bilingual text — Polish on the left and German on the right. The date of issue (14 February 1920) and the designations of the Starosta and Skarbnik appear in the lower portion of the face. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the reverse carries a large circular official seal of the Starostwo Powiatu Wejherowskiego at center, bearing a Polish eagle within the circular legend. Bilingual redemption text is set in two columns flanking the seal — Polish on the left and German on the right — advising that the note loses its validity if not exchanged at the district communal treasury within one month of public notice in the district circular. |
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Wejherowo's district administration issued these marki during the chaotic transitional months following the Treaty of Versailles, when the newly created Polish Corridor was being formally transferred from German to Polish jurisdiction. Local authorities throughout the region improvised emergency scrip to fill the vacuum left by withdrawing German currency — the Reichsmark was departing, the Polish marka had yet to penetrate consistently into newly acquired territories, and commerce couldn't wait.
The Starostwo Powiatu Wejherowskiego was a Polish civilian administration operating in a district that had been German Kreis Neustadt just months prior. That political tension — German population, Polish governance, contested identity — is the actual backstory of this note's existence.