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5 000 000 Mark Hessische Landesbank
| Issuer | Hessische Landesbank |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Böhm |
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| Obverse description | Typographically bold Notgeld note printed in dark ink on cream paper, with a double-rule border enclosing the entire design. The issuer's name 'Hessische Landesbank' is rendered in large ornate Fraktur script across the upper portion, flanked on either side by the numeral '5000000' in serif type, with the word 'Notgeldschein' centered between them. The denomination 'Fünf Millionen Mark' dominates the centre in decorative Gothic lettering, beneath which a block of explanatory text in Gothic script states the note's legal tender status within the Volksstaat Hessen, dated Darmstadt, 22. August 1923, with two facsimile signatures of the Direktorium der Hessischen Landesbank; the lower-left corner bears a circular vignette of the Hessian state arms with a crowned lion, while the red serial number and series letter appear at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Hessische Landesbank 5000000 Notgeldschein 5000000 über Fünf Millionen Mark Dieser Geldschein wird im Volksstaat Hessen von den öffentlichen Kassen in Zahlung genommen. Er wird von der Hessischen Landesbank eingelöst und verliert seine Gültigkeit mit dem Tage, der in der Darmstädter Zeitung öffentlich bekannt gegeben wird. Darmstadt, Direktorium der Hessischen Landesbank. 22. August 1923 BÖHM |
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The Hessische Landesbank was one of dozens of regional German institutions authorized to issue emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923 — a year when the Reichsbank's own printing capacity was genuinely insufficient to keep pace with demand. By the time five-million-mark denominations were being struck, the purchasing power of the sum was already trivial; notes at this level were often superseded by higher denominations within weeks of issue.
The print run of over twelve million from Böhm is substantial, which keeps surviving examples common. Condition varies sharply — these circulated hard and fast.