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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat Wilhelmshaven and Stadtmagistrat Rüstringen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 5 000 000 Mark (5 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark blue on a cream ground with a gold-ochre guilloche underprint centered on an ornate floral and foliate rosette vignette incorporating crossed anchors and a ship's wheel, alluding to the maritime character of the Jade estuary cities. The denomination numeral '5 000 000' appears in the upper left and right corners, with the Gothic-script title 'Notgeld der Jadestädte Wilhelmshaven-Rüstringen' above the large central denomination legend 'Fünf Millionen Mark'. The lower portion carries a three-line validity clause, the issue date 'den 24. August 1923', authority lines for both magistracies, two manuscript signatures, a handstamped serial number, and the printer's imprint 'Paul Hug & Co., Rüstringen' at the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and shows only the blind show-through of the obverse letterpress impression visible through the thin paper stock, with no deliberate design elements, text, or vignettes applied to this side. |
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A joint issue from two neighboring municipal administrations — the Magistrat Wilhelmshaven and the Stadtmagistrat Rüstringen — this note belongs to the dense middle phase of German hyperinflation, when the Reichsbank's own output could not keep pace with depreciation and hundreds of local authorities resorted to Notgeld to cover payroll and basic commerce. The five-million-mark denomination, absurd within months of printing, was commonplace by summer 1923.
Paul Hug & Co. operated locally in Rüstringen, the industrial municipality that bordered and was later absorbed into Wilhelmshaven in 1937. The dual-issuer arrangement was administratively unusual but practical — both towns shared infrastructure and labor pools tied to the naval base.