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25 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Dortmund (for the Stadt- und Landkreise Dortmund und Hörde) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 25 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in dark red and black on a buff paper ground, with a bold Fraktur inscription of the denomination across the upper portion beneath a crosshatch guilloche band. The central vignette, set within a diamond-shaped frame, presents the legendary Iron Reinoldus (Der Eiserne Reinoldus) as a large armoured figure flanked by two kneeling workers, with a stylised architectural backdrop; circular denomination cartouches reading '25 M' flank the vignette on either side. Below, a two-line text in Kurrent script names the paying institutions of Dortmund and Hörde, followed by a dated issuance panel inscribed 'DORTMUND AM 10. OKTOBER 1922', the issuing authority text, a red embossed eagle seal, and two manuscript signatures of the Magistrat der Stadt Dortmund. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse repeats the obverse design in its entirety, printed in the same dark red and black colour scheme on buff paper, with identical Fraktur denomination inscription, central diamond-framed Reinoldus vignette, flanking denomination cartouches, Kurrent text panels, dated issuance banner, embossed seal, and manuscript signatures — indicating this Notgeld was printed as a single-sided design reproduced on both faces. |
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Dortmund's municipal administration issued this note under emergency currency provisions that allowed German cities and counties to produce their own Notgeld as the Reichsbank struggled to keep pace with hyperinflationary demand for physical currency in 1922. The joint coverage of both Stadtkreis Dortmund and Landkreis Hörde — two administratively distinct units — reflects a practical consolidation of issuing authority that was common in the Ruhr region, where industrial payrolls created particularly acute cash shortages.
The embossed seal was the issuer's primary anti-counterfeiting measure, applied after printing. It's a fragile feature — flattened on most circulated survivors.