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20 000 000 Mark Landkreis Bochum
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Bochum |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 124 × 83 mm |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress note framed by a dark decorative border, with the issuer's name 'LANDKREIS BOCHUM' set in large bold roman capitals across the upper panel and the denomination 'Zwanzig Millionen Mark' in Gothic script within a black oval cartouche below. The central text block is flanked by two ornate guilloche rosettes, with a large underprint numeral '20' in the lower portion alongside the issue date 'Bochum, den 10. September 1923'. Two manuscript signatures appear above the printed designations 'Landrat' and 'Mitgliedes' at the foot of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | LANDKREIS BOCHUM Zwanzig Millionen MARK zahlen die Kreiskommunalkasse, die Amts-, Gemeinde- und Sparkassen des Landkreises Bochum dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Der Kreisausschuß des Landkreises Bochum. Bochum, den 10. September 1923. Landrat Mitgliedes |
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One of thousands of Notgeld issues printed during the hyperinflationary crisis of 1923, this note was authorized by the Kreisausschuss — the district committee — of Landkreis Bochum, one of the administrative bodies in the Ruhr industrial belt that were forced to produce their own emergency currency when the Reichsbank could not supply enough printed money to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By the time denominations this large were entering circulation, the rate of inflation was accelerating faster than new notes could be distributed.
The Ruhr occupation by French and Belgian forces earlier that year had throttled coal and steel output across the region, compounding the monetary collapse with an industrial one.