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50 000 000 Mark Landkreis Bochum
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Bochum |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 50 000 000 Marks (50 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Teal and black letterpress note with the issuer name 'LANDKREIS BOCHUM' set in large bold capitals across the upper panel. The denomination 'Fünfzig Millionen MARK' is rendered in elaborate Fraktur script within a dark oval cartouche at centre, surrounded by radiating line work. The lower portion carries the redemption text in Fraktur, flanked by two ornamental rosette vignettes, with an issuance date of 18 September 1923, two manuscript signatures, and a serif numeral '50' underprint; a serial number with prefix 'D' appears at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | LANDKREIS BOCHUM Fünfzig Millionen MARK zahlen die Kreiskommunalkasse, die Amts-, Gemeinde- und Sparkassen des Landkreises Bochum dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Der Kreisausschuß des Landkreises Bochum Bochum, den 18. September 1923. Landrat Mitglied |
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Landkreis Bochum — the rural district surrounding the city, distinct from the municipal Stadtkreis — issued this note during the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when the Reichsbank's inability to produce currency fast enough forced thousands of local authorities, businesses, and municipalities to print their own emergency money. The Kreisausschuss, the district's administrative committee, held legal authority to issue such Notgeld under emergency provisions, though the notes' purchasing power was often obsolete within days of printing.
Fifty million marks sounds extraordinary; by October 1923 it would barely cover a tram fare.