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3 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss Jerichow II (Genthin) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in purple and green tones on a guilloche-patterned ground. A central colour vignette presents Schloss Schönhausen, the birthplace of Otto von Bismarck, set amid trees. Text panels flank the vignette on left and right with issuing authority and validity information, while a Bismarck quotation runs across the upper border and the caption SCHLOSS SCHÖNHAUSEN • BISMARCKS GEBURTSHAUS appears along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | WENN WIR ZUSAMMENHALTEN, WERDEN WIR DEM TEUFEL AUS DER HÖLLE SCHLAGEN. BISMARCK DIESER GUT SCHEIN WIRD VON ALLEN BAEERN DES KREISES JERICHOW II IN ZAHLUNG GENOMMEN UND IST GÜLTIG BIS ZUM 1. OKTOBER 1922. GENTHIN, DEN 1. JULI 1921. DER KREISAUSSCHUSS. SCHLOSS SCHÖNHAUSEN • BISMARCKS GEBURTSHAUS |
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Kreisausschuss Jerichow II was the district committee for the Jerichow II Kreis, headquartered in Genthin on the Elbe-Havel Canal in what is now Saxony-Anhalt. This 3 Mark note belongs to the vast wave of Kleingeldersatz — small-change substitute currency — that flooded Germany in 1921 as coin metal remained scarce and inflation began accelerating toward the catastrophe that would follow within two years. District-level authorities issued these notes under emergency provisions, with no central coordination of design or print quality.
The DeNG reference places this as the fourth variant in the series, suggesting the Kreis issued multiple successive printings to meet ongoing demand.