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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Sterkrade (City of Sterkrade) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld issued in violet-purple letterpress on white paper, with a decorative guilloche border of oval and dot motifs enclosing the central text panel. The large denomination numeral '500 Millionen Mark' is set in bold Gothic blackletter type at centre, above which the issuing authority 'Notgeld der Stadt Sterkrade' appears in italic script. Below the denomination, a five-line redemption clause states validity terms and the date 'Sterkrade (Rhld.), den 20. August 1923', followed by the printed title 'der Oberbürgermeister' and a manuscript facsimile signature. A vertical coupon panel at left repeats '500 Millionen' in rotated blackletter type within a hatched guilloche surround. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in violet-purple on white paper, the reverse carries a dense guilloche underprint with a faint industrial vignette at centre, likely showing a factory or steelworks scene. The issuer name 'Stadt Sterkrade' appears in Gothic blackletter at both top and bottom of the central panel, with the denomination 'Fünfhundert Millionen Mark' in large blackletter type and the numeral '500,000,000' beneath it. A vertical serial number strip at right, framed by a plain ruled border, carries the prefix letter and serial number in upright sans-serif type. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Sterkrade Fünfhundert Millionen Mark 500,000,000 Stadt Sterkrade |
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