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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Hattingen-Ruhr |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The upper portion of the note carries a detailed letterpress vignette of the Hattingen townscape, with the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) to the left and the Neues Rathaus (New Town Hall) to the right, separated by a large tree in the centre, all enclosed within a fine guilloche border. Below the vignette, in bold Fraktur script, the denomination 'Fünf Millionen' is set over a guilloche underprint, followed by the payment obligation text and the issue date '20. August 1923'. The lower portion bears two manuscript signatures above the serial number and series letter printed outside the main border frame. |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Millionen Mark zahlen die städtischen Kassen dem Einlieferer. Hattingen-Ruhr, den 20. August 1923. Der Magistrat der Stadt Hattingen-Ruhr Altes Rathaus Neues Rathaus Nr Reihe E 5.000.000 |
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Hattingen-Ruhr was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply adequate denominations fast enough for daily commerce. These Notgeld issues at the million-mark level weren't speculative novelties — they were functional, necessary, and often printed on whatever stock was available locally, sometimes newsprint or recycled paper.
The five-million mark denomination places this squarely in the late summer or autumn of 1923, when prices were doubling in days. Most municipal issues at this level had circulation lifespans measured in weeks before becoming worthless.