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5 000 000 Mark Landkreis Grevenbroich
| Issuer | Landkreis Grevenbroich |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | B. Kühlen, Mönchengladbach, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark blue-green on plain paper, the obverse is framed by a geometric guilloche border with a repeating diamond and zigzag pattern. Two vertical oval cartouches at left and right each bear the denomination numeral '5' above the legend 'Millionen Mark', while the central text panel carries the issuer heading 'Landkreis Grevenbroich' in Gothic script at the top, followed by the voucher title 'Gutschein über Fünf Millionen Mark' in large display lettering, a clause of legal tender validity within the district, the date 'Grevenbroich, 20. Aug. 1923', a manuscript serial number, and a facsimile signature on behalf of the Kreisausschuss by the Landrat. |
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| Obverse lettering | Landkreis Grevenbroich Gutschein über Fünf Millionen Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen öffentlichen Kassen im Landkreise Grevenbroich in Zahlung genommen. Er behält seine Gültigkeit bis zur Aufkündigung in den für die Veröffentlichung der amtlichen Bekanntmachungen der Kreisverwaltung bestimmten Zeitungen. Grevenbroich, 20. Aug. 1923 Namens des Kreisausschusses Der Landrat: B. KÜHLEN / M.GLADBACH. |
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Landkreis Grevenbroich was one of hundreds of German municipal and district authorities that assumed emergency currency powers during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank's own notes were depreciating faster than they could be printed. A 5,000,000 Mark denomination sounds extreme, but by mid-1923 it was barely adequate for everyday transactions — within weeks of issue, notes in this range were already functionally obsolete.
B. Kühlen was a Mönchengladbach commercial printer with no particular numismatic pedigree, pressed into notgeld production simply by geography and capacity. The result is a purely local administrative document that was never intended to outlast the crisis.