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10 000 000 Ruhrtaler Propaganda banknotes
| Issuer | Unknown German Nationalist Publisher |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Brown and tan letterpress vignette at left shows a Germanic warrior in classical dress standing triumphant over a fallen foe, spear in hand, rendered in bold woodcut style. To the right, large Fraktur script states the denomination and a polemical text accusing French and Belgian occupiers of bribing Germans to supply coal during the Ruhr occupation. Guilloche wave underprint fills the tan background within a scalloped border frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | Zehn Millionen Ruhrtaler 10000000 zahlten die Franzosen u. Belgier gern jedem Deutschen, der ihnen Kohlen brächte, damit sie sich nicht mit ihrem gemeinen Einbruch in das Ruhrgebiet vor aller Welt blamieren |
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Not a circulating note and never intended to be. These 10,000,000 Ruhrtaler pieces were propaganda ephemera produced during the 1923 Ruhr occupation crisis, when French and Belgian forces seized the industrial region following Germany's default on reparations timber and coal deliveries. The "Ruhrtaler" denomination is entirely fictitious — a pointed piece of political theatre built on the back of Weimar hyperinflation, invoking a regional identity to stoke nationalist resentment against the occupying powers.
The designer credit "Dios" remains unattributed with certainty. Issued by an unknown nationalist publisher, which itself tells you something about the environment: clandestine printing operations were common during the passive resistance campaign of 1923.