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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landkreis Solingen (District of Solingen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Kunstanstalt Hermann Rabitz, Solingen, Germany |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is set on a golden-ochre guilloche underprint of interlocking floral and geometric motifs, enclosed within a bold black ornamental border with the denomination numeral '5 000 000' repeated at top and bottom and the numeral '5' running vertically on both lateral borders. The central text area carries the issuing authority legend 'Gutschein des Landkreises Solingen über Fünf Millionen Mark' in large letterpress type, beneath which a three-line legal clause and the date 'Opladen, den 28. August 1923' are printed. The series designation 'Serie C', serial number, and three manuscript signatures of the Kreis-Ausschuß appear in the upper and lower portions of the note respectively, with the printer's imprint 'Kunstanstalt Hermann Rabitz, Solingen' at the very foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Der Not gehorchend, nicht dem eigenen Triebe! Serie C Gutschein des Landkreises Solingen über Fünf Millionen Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen und anderen öffentlichen Kassen im Landkreise Solingen in Zahlung genommen. * Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung in den Ortsblättern. * Der Landkreis Solingen haftet für die Einlösung. Opladen, den 28. August 1923 Der Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Solingen KUNSTANSTALT HERMANN RABITZ, SOLINGEN |
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One of thousands of Notgeld issues produced during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when German municipal and district authorities were legally permitted — indeed compelled — to print their own emergency currency simply to meet weekly payroll as the Reichsmark collapsed faster than Berlin could supply new notes. By August 1923, five million marks would not have covered a tram fare for long.
Hermann Rabitz was a local commercial print house, not a specialist banknote printer, which is exactly the point — Solingen's district administration used whoever was available.