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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Ahrweiler (District Committee of Ahrweiler) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 140 × 92 mm |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld in the German Fraktur script on a plain paper ground with a light guilloche underprint. The denomination 'Fünf Millionen Mark' is set in large bold type at centre, surmounted by the title 'Gutschein über' and the series letter 'G' at upper left. A three-paragraph legal text in smaller Fraktur type states the acceptance conditions of the Kreissparkasse Ahrweiler, followed by the issue date 'Ahrweiler, den 5. Juli 1923' and the issuing authority 'Der Kreisausschuß des Kreises Ahrweiler'. Two small circular blue official seals flank the signature area at lower centre, and the printer's imprint 'P. Blachner, Ahrweiler' appears at the bottom margin. A vertical side panel at right repeats 'Fünf Millionen' in Gothic script, framed by a double-rule border with ornamental corner devices. |
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| Reverse lettering | Kreis Ahrweiler 5 Millionen Mark |
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Ahrweiler was among hundreds of German districts forced to issue emergency currency — Notgeld — as hyperinflation made Reichsbank notes functionally obsolete faster than they could be printed and distributed. By mid-1923, denominations that had seemed absurd six months earlier were already insufficient for daily purchases. The Kreisausschuss issued this 5,000,000 Mark note through P. Blachner, a local printer, which was typical of the period's administrative scramble: municipal and district bodies contracting whoever was available rather than established security printers.
The DeNG reference suffix "x" generally indicates a color or paper variant within the base type — worth confirming against the Grabowski-Mehl catalog before attributing.