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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 5 000 000 Mark (5 000 000) |
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| Reverse description | Reddish-brown print on white paper with a decorative guilloche border frame enclosing a geometric lattice underprint. The denomination figure 5 000 000 appears twice in large numerals at the top and bottom center, with the issuer name in bold Gothic blackletter script across the middle. Small municipal arms vignettes appear at the upper corners, and two blocks of redemption text are set in italic script at the top and bottom. |
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| Protection description | C-Muster (Keller#30) |
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Gelsenkirchen's notgeld at this denomination belongs to the hyperinflation peak of August–September 1923, when municipal and district authorities across the Ruhr were forced to print emergency money because Reichsbank notes couldn't reach circulation fast enough to keep pace with daily price collapses. The Stadt- und Landkreis designation is worth noting: it reflects the administrative merger of the urban and rural district apparatus, meaning this note carried authority across both the city proper and surrounding rural communities.
The watermarked paper is a small but deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure — somewhat ironic given that the note's face value would lose practical meaning within weeks of issue.