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1000 Mark Kreis Bitburg
| Issuer | Kreis Bitburg (Kreisausschuss Bitburg) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 133 × 91 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Serie A. No Kreis Bitburg 1000 Mark Dieser Schein wird von den Sparkassen der Kreise Bitburg, Trier und Prüm in Zahlung genommen. Bitburg, 15. Februar 1923. Der Vorsitzende des Kreisausschusses Landrat. Tausend Mark |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in the same red-brown ink and displays a symmetrical geometric design centered on a cross-shaped guilloche panel bearing the denomination '1000 Mark' in Gothic script. The four quadrants of the border are filled with elaborate acanthus-leaf and radiating starburst motifs, with diamond-shaped underprint panels carrying the numeral '1000' repeated along the lateral edges, creating a densely patterned decorative composition. |
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Kreis Bitburg sits in the Eifel region of the Rhineland, which was under Allied occupation in 1923 when the hyperinflation crisis made Reichsbank notes effectively worthless faster than they could be printed. Local authorities — Kreisausschüsse across Germany — were legally empowered to issue emergency currency, Notgeld, to keep commerce functioning. Bitburg's 1000 Mark note is one product of that administrative scramble.
By mid-1923, 1000 Mark denominations were themselves becoming inadequate within weeks of printing. Many Kreis-level issues from this period were superseded by higher denominations before even reaching wide circulation.