German Two Mark Type 1920- Darlehnskassenschein

Name/Title

German Two Mark Type 1920- Darlehnskassenschein

Entry/Object ID

1976.142.069

Description

German Two Mark Type 1920. State loan note. Dated March 1, 1920. Accession number is written on obverse at bottom.

Context

These banknotes issued between 1914 and 1922 by the Reichsschuldenverwaltung (Reich debt administration). They were in use until the hyperinflation in 1923. These banknotes were not legal tender, however they had to be accepted by all public treasuries. Their value was guaranteed by loans on industrial and agricultural goods. Even without the status as legal tender Darlehenskassenscheine were a de facto currency widely used as a parallel currency to the Goldmark during WWI and the beginning of the Weimar Republic.

Collection

Banknotes

Made/Created

Bureau

Reichsdruckerei

Date made

1914 - 1922

Time Period

20th Century

Place of Origin

Country

Germany

Region

Central Europe

Continent

Europe

Banknote Details

Banknote Type

State Loan Note

Currency

German Mark

Denomination

2

Issuing Authority

Reich Debt Administration

Production Dates

Mar 1, 1920

Serial Number

860708

Obverse

Description

Frame and background made up of guilloche shapes. Seal of the Reichsschuldenverwaltung in brown. Texts in German.

Reverse

Description

Background made up of guilloche shapes. Rosettes and value in the center. Two imperial eagles in medallions.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Money, Paper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Money

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Pick Number

Other Number

59

Dimensions

Width

2-5/8 in

Length

4 in

Composition

Material

Paper