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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Landau in der Pfalz (City of Landau in the Palatinate) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldschein der Stadt Landau, Pfalz 5000 000 Fünf Millionen Mark zahlt die Stadthauptkasse Landau, Pfalz dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines in gesetzlichen Zahlungsmitteln. Landau, den 1. September 1923 Der Bürgermeister : (Translation: Emergency banknote of the city of Landau, Palatinate 5,000,000 The city treasury of Landau, Palatinate will pay the bearer of this note five million marks in legal tender. Landau, September 1, 1923 The Mayor:) |
| Reverse description | Printed in ochre on cream paper; a central ornamental cartouche with pointed arch framing displays the large numeral '5000000' above '· MARK ·' in bold letterpress, set against a lined guilloche-style underprint ground. A decorative floral urn vignette surmounts the cartouche at top centre, the whole enclosed in a foliate border. The serial number 'A. No. 18848' appears below the frame, with the redemption clause in small Gothic text at the foot. |
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Landau in der Pfalz was under French military occupation when this note was issued — the entire Palatinate had been administered by French forces since 1919, and the region's communication and supply lines with the rest of Germany were deliberately disrupted. Municipal authorities across occupied towns were forced to issue their own emergency currency to keep local economies functional, since Reichsbank notes were increasingly scarce and their face values were obsolete almost the moment they arrived.
Five million marks sounds extraordinary, but by mid-1923 it was a tram fare. This denomination became routine within weeks of printing.