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2 Pfennig
| Issuer | Stadtrat Traunstein |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 Pfennig Stadt Traunstein |
| Reverse description | Printed on lilac-pink paper in blue ink, the reverse is dominated by a large central oval frame enclosing the municipal arms of Traunstein — a heraldic fleur-de-lis device above a hatched base. The legend 'STADTRAT' arcs across the top of the oval and 'TRAUNSTEIN' along the bottom, with small ornamental flourishes flanking the text. |
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Traunstein's municipal council — the Stadtrat — was among the hundreds of German local authorities that issued small-denomination Notgeld during the acute coin shortage of 1917–1918. The 2 Pfennig denomination is unusually low even by Kleingeldscheine standards; most municipalities stopped at 5 Pfennig, making this a genuinely marginal value that likely saw heavy use at market stalls and public transit before being retired when the federal small-coin supply stabilized.
Traunstein's issues are not widely documented in the major Notgeld catalogues, which complicates attribution of specific print runs and dates.