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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Adorf im Vogtland |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 140 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 5.000.000 Gutschein Gültig nur im Bezirke der Stadt Adorf i. V. während der im amtlichen Bekanntmachungsblatte des Stadtrates bekannt gegebenen Laufzeit. Fünf Millionen Mark zahlen die städtischen Kassen zu Adorf i. V. gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines innerhalb der bekannt gegebenen Laufzeit. Der Stadtrat zu Adorf i. V. Adorf i. V., den 25. August 1923. |
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| Reverse lettering | 5000000 Fünf Millionen Mark No 001215 Gültig nur im Bezirke der Stadt Adorf i. V. während der im amtlichen Bekanntmachungsblatte des Stadtrates bekannt gegebenen Laufzeit. Wer Gutscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft. |
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Adorf im Vogtland was a small Saxon textile town with no business issuing paper money — but in the summer of 1923, every municipal authority in Germany was doing exactly that. The Reichsbank could not print fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation, and towns like Adorf were legally permitted to issue Notgeld to cover local payroll and commerce. By August 1923, five million marks was roughly the cost of a tram ticket.
Locally printed emergency issues from minor municipalities tend to show it — registration imprecision, ink variation, inconsistent paper stock across print runs.