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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landrat des Kreises Moers |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown and yellow on cream paper, the reverse is divided into three horizontal registers: top and bottom border bands carry the repeated legend 'FÜNF MILLIONEN' in bold capitals flanking a diamond ornament, rendered in yellow. The central field presents a large numeral '5.000.000' in white relief against a heavily cross-hatched guilloche ground, framed by ornate scrollwork cartouches; above and below the numeral, Gothic script cartouches read 'Kreis' and 'Moers' respectively. Flanking vignettes include, at upper left, a seated bishop or saint with a crozier, at lower left the Moers town coat of arms with crossed keys, at upper right a medieval tower or gatehouse, and at lower right a rearing horse — all executed in a crisp letterpress style. |
| Reverse lettering | FÜNF MILLIONEN ◆ FÜNF MILLIONEN Kreis 5.000.000 Moers FÜNF MILLIONEN ◆ FÜNF MILLIONEN |
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The Kreis Moers — an administrative district on the left bank of the Rhine, just northwest of Duisburg — was among hundreds of German local authorities that issued emergency paper during the hyperinflation peak of 1923. By the time million-Mark denominations appeared in late summer and autumn of that year, the Reichsbank's central supply could not keep pace with wage demands; district councils, municipalities, and even private firms were legally permitted to fill the gap with locally authorized Notgeld.
Five million Marks sounds extraordinary. In October 1923, it would not have covered a streetcar fare for long.