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2 1/2 Mark
| Issuer | Die oberste Civilbehörde für Holstein (Supreme Civil Authority for Holstein) |
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| Year | 1851 |
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| Value | 21/2 Mark (2.5) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2½ MARK COURANT. 2½ Mark COURANT. Folio No. Eingetragen |
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| Protection type | Official stamp |
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The Supreme Civil Authority for Holstein was a short-lived Austro-Prussian administrative body installed following the suppression of the Schleswig-Holstein uprising, which had declared separation from Denmark in 1848. By 1851, the rebellion was finished and Danish authority was being restored — this note was issued in the final, awkward interval of joint great-power administration before the handover.
Köhner & Lobmahl were Altona-based printers, not specialist security printers, which shows in the note's reliance on an official stamp as its primary anti-forgery measure. The fractional denomination — 2½ Mark — reflects the local currency reckoning of Holstein rather than Danish rigsdaler units.