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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis Kempen (District of Kempen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 5 000 000 Mark (5 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Blue letterpress note with an elaborate guilloche border of interlocking wave and geometric motifs enclosing the entire face. The issuer's name 'KREIS KEMPEN' appears at the top in bold sans-serif type above a central vignette of foliate scrollwork with a heraldic eagle, over which the denomination 'Fünf Million Mark' is overprinted in large dark brown Gothic blackletter script. The lower portion carries a text block stating the legal tender conditions, the place and date 'Kempen, den 1. Aug. 1923', and a manuscript signature of the Landrat, accompanied by a circular official stamp at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | KREIS KEMPEN Fünf Million Mark Zahlbar dem Inhaber dieses Scheines bei Lieferung bei den Kassen des Kreiskommunalverbandes Kempen sowie bei Gemeinden im Kreise Kempen. Der Umlaufzettel verliert seine Gültigkeit nach Ablauf von vier Wochen nach Aufruf in den im Kreise erscheinenden Zeitungen. Kempen, den 1. Aug. 1923 Der Landrat |
| Reverse description | Printed in dark blue-green on plain paper, the reverse presents a bold typographic design within a ruled and wave-pattern border with decorative side panels of diamond and lozenge guilloche. The numeral '5000000' appears in smaller type at upper left and upper right, flanking a central foliate rosette vignette; the large denomination numeral '5000000' dominates the centre within an oval cartouche, with 'MARK' inscribed directly below. A two-line inscription certifying Reichsministerium authorisation is set beneath, and a red serial number with prefix letter is printed at the bottom centre. |
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