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2 000 000 Mark Hennef
| Issuer | Bürgermeisterei Hennef |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | SERIE B Bürgermeisterei Hennef Gutschein über Zwei Millionen Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von der Sparkasse der Bürgermeisterei Hennef und der Gemeindekasse in Hennef in Zahlung genommen. Er behält seine Gültigkeit bis zur Ankündigung in den für die Veröffentlichung der amtlichen Bekanntmachungen der Bürgermeisterei Hennef bestimmten Zeitungen Hennef (Sieg), 24. August 1923 Der Bürgermeister i.V. Beigeordneter 2 Millionen No 38370 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large panoramic landscape vignette executed in blue letterpress, occupying nearly the entire field within a chain-link guilloche side border. The scene portrays the hilltop ruins of Blankenberg castle rising above a wooded hillside, with the rooftops of the historic village of Blankenberg nestled in the valley below and a dramatic sky rendered in fine line work above. A caption in small print at the lower right identifies the view as 'Blankenberg bei Hennef (Sieg)'. |
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Hennef is a small town in the Sieg valley east of Bonn, and its municipal authority — the Bürgermeisterei — issued this note during the peak inflationary spiral of 1923, when the Reichsmark was collapsing fast enough that million-mark denominations became routine Notgeld rather than novelties. The Rhenania-Druckerei in Bonn handled a substantial volume of emergency municipal currency for Rhine-region issuers during this period, which made logistical sense for smaller administrations without printing contacts of their own.
The signatory, Nenenfels, held the title of Beigeordneter — a deputized municipal official, not the Bürgermeister himself — suggesting the note was authorized and signed at a relatively low administrative level, possibly during the absence or overextension of senior staff under the crisis conditions of that summer.