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2 Marks type 1947
| Issuer | French Treasury |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 82 × 52 mm |
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| Reverse description | A standing allegorical figure of Ceres occupies the central vignette, rendered in intaglio engraving; she faces front, raising ears of wheat in her right hand while her left arm supports a cornucopia. The denomination is repeated at left and right, with bilingual French and German inscriptions — including the anti-counterfeiting warning — arranged along the lower portion of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 | 2 SAAR 1947 ZWEI MARK LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI DES PEINES PREVUES PAR LA LOI. DER NACHDRUCK WIRD MIT DEN DURCH DAS GESETZ VERFUGTEN STRAFEN BESTRAFT. |
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The French Treasury issued this note for use in the French occupation zone of Germany following the Allied victory, part of a series of Allied Military Currency adapted for French administrative use. Unlike the joint AMC issues shared across occupation zones, the French Treasury marks were distinct instruments tied specifically to French-controlled territory in the Rhineland and southwestern Germany.
Deloche, Munier, and Bornet were all established Imprimerie Nationale engravers — their involvement signals this was treated as a serious domestic production rather than a rushed military expedient.