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1000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark navy and ochre two-colour letterpress design with geometric and foliate side panels. Central panel on dark ground carries the issuer's name in a Fraktur banner at top, with the word 'Tausend' in large blackletter script above the bold numeral '1000' enclosed in a sawtooth cartouche, and 'Mark' below. A framed text box at the foot carries the bearer clause and date. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Düsseldorf Tausend 1000 Mark Die Stadt Düsseldorf zahlt bei ihren amtl. Kassen dem Vorzeiger Mk. 1000.- Der Zeitpunkt der Einlösung wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht. Der Oberbürgermeister : Düsseldorf 30. Sept. 1922 (Translation: City of Düsseldorf Thousand 1000 Marks The City of Düsseldorf pays to the bearer at its official cash offices Mk. 1000.- The time of redemption will be publicly announced. The Lord Mayor: Düsseldorf, September 30, 1922) |
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German municipal emergency currency — Notgeld — scaled up dramatically in 1922 as hyperinflation made lower denominations functionally worthless almost as soon as they were printed. Düsseldorf, as one of the Rhineland's major industrial cities, issued high-denomination Großnotgeld through its own municipal press rather than waiting on the Reichsbank, which was itself overwhelmed. Bagel A.G. was a well-established Düsseldorf printing house with the capacity to turn these around quickly.
The watermark is the sole security feature — modest for a four-figure sum, but by mid-1922 the pace of issuance had outrun any serious attempt at counterfeiting protection.