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2 Reichsmark overprint: Quittung Wiederaufbauspende
| Issuer | Stadt Stuttgart (City of Stuttgart) |
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| Year | 1945 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Reverse description | The entire reverse is occupied by a monochrome photographic vignette of Schloss Solitude, a Baroque royal palace near Stuttgart, rendered in sepia-brown tones. The denomination '2 RM' appears in bold type at the upper left and upper right corners flanking the architectural view. |
| Reverse lettering | 2 RM 2 RM |
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Stuttgart issued this note in 1945 as a reconstruction contribution receipt — "Quittung Wiederaufbauspende" translates literally as "receipt for reconstruction donation," a piece of fiscal theater that dressed up a forced levy as voluntary civic generosity. The overprint was applied to existing Reichsmark stock, a common improvisation in the final weeks of the Reich and the immediate postwar scramble, when municipal authorities issued their own emergency currency before Allied occupation authorities could establish formal monetary controls.
Stuttgart fell to French forces on April 21, 1945. Notes of this kind had an extremely short window of practical use.