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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkreis und Landkreis Coblenz |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Kassenschein printed in dark brown on lightweight cream paper, with a light green guilloche rosette as a central underprint and the word 'Millionen' repeated vertically along the left margin in green letterpress. The denomination 'Fünf Millionen Mark' is set in large Gothic blackletter script, beneath which a redemption clause in smaller Roman type specifies call-in from 1 September 1923, dated Coblenz, 15 August 1923. Two manuscript signatures appear below the dual issuing authorities — Stadtkreis Coblenz and Landkreis Coblenz — flanking a serial number, with the serial prefix 'CL' at upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | CL Kassenschein des Stadtkreises und des Landkreises Coblenz. Fünf Millionen Mark Dieser Kassenschein kann vom 1.9.1923 ab aufgerufen und unter Umtausch bei der Stadt- kasse und der Kreisgemeindekasse eingelöst werden. Coblenz, den 15. August 1923. Stadtkreis Coblenz Der Oberbürgermeister Landkreis Coblenz Der Vorsitzende des Kreisausschusses i.v.: |
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Coblenz's municipal and district administrations issued this note jointly during the hyperinflation peak of summer 1923, when the Reichsbank's own supply chain could not keep pace with denomination demands. Joint Stadtkreis/Landkreis issues were relatively uncommon — most Notgeld at this level came from one authority alone, not a combined civic and rural district acting in concert.
By the time 5,000,000 Mark notes were circulating, they were obsolete within weeks. The Rentenmark stabilization in November 1923 rendered the entire Notgeld apparatus worthless overnight.