Banknotes of the Marquetten dukesmark

Dukesmark banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the Grand Duchy of Marquette and it's related territories denominated in dukesmarks (symbol: ℳ; code MQD; also abbreviated MQℳ to distinguish it from other mark denominated currencies.).

Dukesmark banknotes are official currency in the Grand Duchy of Marquette, and the Marquetten Empire as well as being accepted somewhat in Socorro and Badis

Circulation of notes

dukesmark notes have seen circulation in Marquette even in rural areas, counter to what was previously thought.

Types of Banknotes

There are several official designations for banknotes in Marquette, chiefly Bank of Marquette Notes.

Current

Bank of Marquette Notes

Bank of Marquette notes are the most commonly circulated banknotes in Marquette, they are issued by the Bank of Marquette and are officially backed with Treasury Notes.

Treasury Notes

Treasury Notes are banknotes issued directly from the Grand Ducal Treasury officially every ℳ1 in Treasury Notes is backed by 1lb of potatoes.

Treasury Certificates

a Treasury certificate is similar to a Treasury note except it is backed by materials other than potatoes. Treasury Certificates are typically referred to by their backing (I.E. Gold Certificate)

Currently circulating notes

The current issue is the fourth series, it is the first series to have the banknotes scaled by value.


fourth series notes
Image		value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour		Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour		Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue
Official fractional notes
		1П	4×2.4in		Dark gray	Nada I	Personification of Marquette
		3П	4.15×2.4in		Copper		Sand burr
		6П	4.29×2.4in		Copper		Portcullis
		1/~	4.45×2.4in		Silver		wreath
		5/~	4.62×2.4in		Silver		galleon
Primary series notes
		10/~	4.62×3in		Vert	Nada I of Reynolds-Romanova	View from duck lake bridge	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ1	4.84×3in		Sable	Valery Sablin	reply of the zaporozhian cossacks by Ilya Repin	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ2	5×3in		Purpure	Olga Andreevna	arms of House Romanov and Reynolds with Reynolds-Romanov centered	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ5	5.19×3in		Guiles	Immanuel Kant	signing the Marquetten constitution	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ10	5.36×3in		Azure	Huey Long	Farmer ploughing his field	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ25	5.56×3in		Argent	Lynn I Reynolds	Grand Ducal Palace	December 2022	January 2023
		ℳ50	5.68×3in		Or	Yuri Gagarin	Pale Blue Dot	October 2023	November 2023
		ℳ100	6×3in		Ermine	Nada I of Reynolds-Romanova	Dreadnought battleship	December 2022	January 2023
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Commemorative banknotes

Commemorative banknotes
Image		value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue
		ℳ96 (originally planned to be ᗡM96)	168.656×82mm	red	portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II	Balmoral castle
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Withdrawn notes

There have four series of banknotes to date, with only the third and fourth still in common circulation

First series

The First series was created in mid 2019, they were hand drawn and pegged to the U.S. dollar, the were disbanded because they were too time consuming to make.

first series notes
Image		value	Dimensions (mm)	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions (mm)	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue	withdrawal
		1		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		2		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		5		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		10		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		25		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		50		off white			2019	2019	january 2020
		100		off white	Nada I		2019	2019	january 2020
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Second series

The Second series was created sometime early 2020, They were created digitally and printed off. they were still pegged to the U.S. dollar they were withdrawn due to badly ageing design.

second series notes
Image		value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue	withdrawal
		1		yellow green	valuation and sign	blank	2019	january 2020	may 2020
		5		green	valuation and sign	blank	2019	january 2020	may 2020
		10		blue	marquetten rose	marquetten rose	2019	january 2020	may 2020
		20		light blue	valuation and sign	valuation and sign	2019	january 2020	may 2020
		50		dark green	portrait of Nada I	COA of the Grand ducal armed forces	2019	january 2020	may 2020
		100		black	flag of marquette	valuation and sign	2019	january 2020	may 2020
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Third

The Third series was created on 12 May 2021 and were the first to be pegged to the GDMs most valuable produce, potatoes. It was also the only series to follow the divisible system (each note being half the next largest). They were withdrawn due to badly ageing design and to aid in de-decimalization.

third series notes
Image		value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions (in)	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue	withdrawal
		½	3.86×3.25	Black	house reynolds COA and valuation	"Proofed by the grand ducal treasurur" date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		1	6.5×3.9	black	flag of marquette and unknown seal	valuation date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		3	6.5×3.94	purple	valuation, date of printing	house reynolds COA and order of the tin cross medal	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		6	6.5×3.89	red	house reynolds COA and national arms	valuation, date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		12	6.5×3.86	white	house reynolds COA and arms of the grand ducal guards	valuation, date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		25	6.5×3.9	gold	house reynolds COA and the medal of the defender of the crown	valuation, date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		50	6.5×3.86	Ermine	house reynolds COA and national rose	valuation, date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
		100	6.5×3.89	Ermine	house reynolds COA and pattern, date of printing	valuation and ermine roundel, date of printing	january 2020	may 2020	January 2023
These images are to scale at 0.7 pixel per millimetre. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

Issues with third series notes

Third series notes were plagued with issues dating back to the designs of the notes themselves as the intent was the same as currently circulating notes.

Planned Issues

Commemorative issues

Planned Commemorative banknotes
Image		value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Description		Date of
Obverse	Reverse	value	Dimensions	Main Colour	Obverse	Reverse	Printing	Issue
		ℳ5	5×3in		Nada I, all three dukesmark signs	Flag of Marquette

Issuance

The Bank of Marquette is currently the only issuer of circulating dukesmark banknotes. There are several individuals and institutions permitted to issue dukesmark denominated banknotes these are

The Grand Duchess
The Grand Ducal Treasurer
The Grand Ducal Treasury
The Marquetten Lighthouse Board

The following can issue Banknotes of any denomination under ℳ1

Parish Governments
The County of Montague
The Grand Ducal Armed forces*

*with the exception of the Grand Ducal Guards with a limit of ℳ5 and the House Militia with a limit of 10/~.