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5 000 000 Mark Landkreis Bochum
| Issuer | Kreisausschuß des Landkreises Bochum |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 134 x 88 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Fünf Millionen Mark zahlen die Kreiskommunalkasse, die Amts-, Gemeinde- und Sparkassen des Landkreises Bochum dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Bochum, den 16. August 1923. Der Kreisausschuß des Landkreises Bochum. Landrat. Mitglieder. Landkreis Bochum |
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| Reverse lettering | Ausgegeben mit Genehmigung des Reichsministers der Finanzen 5 000 000 Mark Dieser Schein bleibt gültig bis zum Ablauf der durch amtlichen Aufruf bekannt zu machenden Frist. |
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One of hundreds of Notgeld issues authorized by German district administrations during the hyperinflation of 1923, this note was issued by the Kreisausschuß — the district committee — of Landkreis Bochum, the rural administrative district surrounding the industrial city rather than the city itself. The distinction matters: Bochum city had its own separate issues, and confusing the two is common.
Five million marks sounds staggering, but by mid-1923 it was barely adequate for a week's groceries. Notes like this were printed and spent within days of issue, which is precisely why undamaged survivors are rarer than the high surviving quantities of city-issued Notgeld from the same period.