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5 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Cities of Eschweiler and Stolberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central vignette of a draped classical female figure standing within a large decorative cartouche flanked by scrollwork ornaments, with the denomination "Fünf Milliarden" rendered in bold Gothic blackletter script above. The circular municipal seals of Eschweiler and Stolberg are impressed to the left and right of the central vignette respectively, with dual mayoral signature lines and date "14. Oktbr. 1923" set beneath. A vertical left-side panel, printed in red, carries the validity inscription and series/serial number designation, with the serial number printed in red to the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is centered on an oval vignette enclosed within a decorative scrollwork border, presenting a letterpress illustration of a medieval stone fortification or church tower amid bare-branched trees in a wintry landscape setting. Below the vignette, a framed text cartouche carries a four-line German verse in serif type. A vertical right-side panel bears the denomination "5 Milliarden Mark" printed vertically within a guilloche-patterned border. |
| Reverse lettering | Es fülle jeder seinen Platz, Und wer zum Eckstein nicht erseh'n, Dem sei's der Ehre schon genug Als Mauerstein im Bau zu steh'n! 5 Milliarden Mark |
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