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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bochum |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 5 000 000 Mark (5 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | 5000000 M Notgeld der Stadt Bochum Fünf Millionen Mark zahlen die städtischen Kassen in Bochum dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines Bochum, den 12. Aug. 1923 DER MAGISTRAT DER STADT BOCHUM OBERBÜRGERMEISTER BÜRGERMEISTER Reihe M Nr. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown and olive-green tones on a plain paper ground, centred on a large circular dark vignette bearing the gothic inscription 'Fünf Millionen Mark' in white letterpress. Two diamond-shaped cartouches, one to each side of the central medallion, each contain the heraldic arms of the city of Bochum — a castle turret above a stylised gate — framed by bold radiating line ornaments. A three-line legend at the foot of the note states the note's authorisation by the Reichsminister der Finanzen and its validity clause, while a continuous scrollwork border runs along the top edge. |
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Bochum's municipal administration — the Magistrat — issued its own emergency currency during the hyperinflationary collapse of 1923, as the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical notes to meet daily transactions. This was Notgeld in its most extreme phase: not the decorative small-change issues of 1921–22, but pure necessity printing driven by a denomination that would have seemed absurd twelve months earlier.
Gebr. Pautz was a regional printer, not one of the major security press houses, which shows in the relative simplicity of the production. Signed by Graff and Geyer as authorizing municipal officials.