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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen (Prussian Province of Westphalia) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 50 000 000 Marks (50 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed Notgeld note printed in black on cream paper, with the large bold denomination numeral '50' at centre-top above the letterpress legend 'MILLIONEN MARK' set within a diamond-pattern guilloche band. The series letter 'Reihe A' and serial number appear in red at upper left and upper right respectively, while corner vignettes repeat the denomination '50 MILLIONEN' in decorative cartouches. A diamond-shaped underprint panel at right carries a secondary '50' numeral, and the lower portion of the note carries the issuing authority text, date, and two manuscript signatures beneath the printed titles 'Der Oberbürgermeister' and 'Der Kreisausschuß / Kreisdeputierter'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Reihe A 50 MILLIONEN MARK NOTGELD für den Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen Ausgegeben von dem Stadt- und Landkreise Gelsenkirchen mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministers Gelsenkirchen, den 21. Juli 1923. Der Oberbürgermeister Der Kreisausschuß Kreisdeputierter 50 Millionen Mark (Translation: Notgeld for the City and District of Gelsenkirchen. Issued by the City and District of Gelsenkirchen with the approval of the Reich Finance Minister. Gelsenkirchen, 21 July 1923. The Lord Mayor. The District Committee. District Deputy.) |
| Reverse description | Plain cream paper reverse printed in olive-grey, with the issuer's name 'Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen' set in large bold gothic lettering at centre, above a block of smaller text stating the redemption and invalidation conditions. Corner cartouches repeat the denomination '50 Millionen Mark' in the same decorative style as the obverse, and a diamond-shaped vignette at left mirrors the underprint panel found on the face. |
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