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1000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 161 x 110 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue-green letterpress design with a geometric guilloche border. Two allegorical female figures flank a central oval underprint bearing the large numeral '1000 MARK' in ornate Fraktur; the oval is surmounted by 'STADT DÜSSELDORF' and flanked below by 'TAUSEND MARK'. A Fraktur payment text and Lord Mayor's facsimile signature appear within the lower portion of the oval. |
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| Signature(s) | Köttgen |
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Düsseldorf's 1922 Notgeld at the 1000 Mark denomination reflects how thoroughly hyperinflation had dismantled the Reichsbank's ability to supply adequate currency. Municipal governments across Germany were issuing their own emergency money not as a novelty but out of necessity — the central authority simply could not keep pace with the collapsing purchasing power of the mark. A. Bagel AG, a well-established Düsseldorf printing house with deep roots in commercial and securities printing, was a natural choice for the city's own emergency issues.
The signature belongs to Ernst Köttgen, who served as Oberbürgermeister of Düsseldorf during this period.