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Central vignette consists of a circular medallion bearing a portrait of philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860), set within an ornamental surround of vegetal and foliate motifs. Denomination and issuing authority inscribed in period Fraktur lettering, with the legend identifying the note as a Notgeldschein of the Stadtgemeinde Danzig. Date of issue, 26 September 1923, appears beneath the authority inscription alongside the senate authorization text. |
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| Descrição do reverso |
Central circular medallion contains the coat of arms of the City of Danzig, set within an ornamental guilloche frame. A panoramic view of the city of Danzig occupies the lower portion of the note beneath the armorial vignette. Redemption conditions are inscribed in Fraktur script, specifying the two-week recall period upon senatorial notice. |
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Danzig's hyperinflation notgeld occupies a peculiar corner of Weimar-era emergency currency. The Free City of Danzig, technically outside the German Reich but sharing its economic collapse, ran its own inflationary spiral in 1923 — municipal authorities issuing denominations that would have been unthinkable eighteen months earlier. By the time nine-zero figures appeared on paper, the printing kept pace with depreciation only in the loosest sense.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in this catalog entry almost certainly reflects a data entry error — that date is the day Hitler died in Berlin, well after Danzig had fallen to Soviet forces. Treat that field with skepticism.