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25 000 000 000 Mark paper issue
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Bielefeld (City Treasury of Bielefeld, notgeld) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 25 000 000 000 Marks (25 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Green and violet bicolour note with silhouetted figural vignettes at left and right, incorporating satirical allegorical scenes amid dense letterpress text. Central cartouche bears the Gothic script legend 'Stadtkasse Bielefeld' over a cheque instruction text, with denomination '25 Milliarden Mark' in large Gothic lettering. Date 'Bielefeld, den 1.2.23' and 'Stadtrat' with facsimile signatures appear at lower right; the entire border is filled with a continuous run of tax-name inscriptions. |
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| Obverse lettering | 25 Milliarden Mark Stadtkasse Bielefeld ZAHLE GEGEN DIESEN SCHECK AUS CONTO-GUTHABEN AN UNS ODER ÜBERBRINGER BIELEFELD, DEN 1.2.23 STADT RAT DRUCK: E.GUNDLACH A:G. BIELEFELD GESETZLICH GESCHÜTZT D.G.M. EINKOMMENSTEUER · UMSATZSTEUER · GEWERBESTEUER · LUXUSSTEUER · TABAKSTEUER · KIRCHENSTEUER · WOHNUNGSBAUABGABE GRUND- U. GEBÄUDESTEUER · GENUSSMITTELSTEUER · WERTZUWACHSSTEUER · BETRIEBSSTEUER · KOHLENSTEUER · HUNDE-STEUER ENTHALTSAMKEIT IST DAS VERGNÜGEN AN SACHEN WELCHE WIR NICHT KRIEGEN. DRUM LEBE MÄSSIG, DENKE KLUG. WER NICHTS GEBRAUCHT, DER HAT GENUG. |
| Reverse description | Green and violet bicolour reverse with two large silhouetted allegorical vignettes flanking a central purple cartouche bearing 'STADTSPARKASSE BIELEFELD' and '25 MILLIARDEN MARK' in bold letterpress. Left vignette alludes to thrift and labour; right vignette references Barbarossa and national allegory, with satirical inscriptions throughout. The borders carry dense statistical inflation data and political commentary text, with the designer's signature 'Schreiber' at lower right. |
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