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2 Mark Federal Treasury Note
| Issuer | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Currency | Deutsche Mark (1948-2001) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large central guilloche oval in purple and ochre, within which the denomination text ZWEI DEUTSCHE MARK is printed in bold intaglio lettering, with a red serial number below. The vertical inscription BUNDESKASSENSCHEIN runs along the left border, while BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND curves along the lower edge; numeral 2s appear in each corner rendered in the same purple and brown color scheme. A narrow plain panel to the right repeats the denomination DEUTSCHE MARK in a simplified typographic style. |
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| Obverse lettering | BUNDESKASSENSCHEIN ZWEI DEUTSCHE MARK BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND (Translation: FEDERAL TREASURY NOTE TWO GERMAN MARK FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY) |
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West Germany's Federal Treasury Notes (Bundeskassenscheine) existed in an odd constitutional limbo — they were legal tender but not issued by the Bundesbank, falling instead under the Federal Finance Ministry. The 2 Mark denomination was the smallest in this short-lived series, authorized for small transactions at a moment when coin shortages made low-denomination paper temporarily practical.
The series was discontinued and demonetized relatively quickly, with few notes surviving in any grade because most were destroyed after withdrawal. Bundesdruckerei printed these on its home turf in Berlin — one of the rare cases where the printer's city and the issuing state's administrative center actually coincide.