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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtverwaltung Kaiserslautern (City of Kaiserslautern) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issue printed in dark brown and red on white paper, with a diamond-pattern guilloche border framing the entire note. The central vignette consists of a large numeral '10' in dark brown beneath a bold blackletter banner reading 'Zehn Millionen Mark', flanked by ornamental sunburst sprays. The date 'Kaiserslautern, den 10. September 1923' appears at centre below the denomination, with two manuscript signatures at lower left and lower right above the designations 'Bürgermeister' and 'Stadtkasse' respectively. The issuer title 'Notgeld der Stadt Kaiserslautern' is inscribed in Gothic script along the top and bottom borders, with the validity clause 'Umlaufsfähig im ganzen Regierungsbezirk Pfalz. Giltig bis 1. 4. 1924.' printed below the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown and red, the reverse centres on a bold woodcut-style vignette of Emperor Frederick I 'Barbarossa' enthroned, rendered in an Expressionist graphic manner with heavy line work; the emperor is shown full-face, crowned and sceptred, surrounded by a flock of eagles in flight. The denomination '10 Millionen Mark' appears in large red numerals on both the left and right sides, flanked by crosshatch-pattern guilloche panels. The issuer legends 'Notgeld der Stadt' and 'Kaiserslautern' are repeated in Gothic script on banner ribbons along the upper and lower borders, with the name 'BARBAROSSA' lettered in red at the top centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BARBAROSSA Notgeld der Stadt Kaiserslautern 10 MILLIONEN MARK |
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