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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Vohwinkel (Municipality of Vohwinkel, Prussian Rhine Province) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain buff paper note printed in black and red. The issuing authority heading 'Die Stadt Vohwinkel' is set in Gothic blackletter script at the top centre, followed by the payment promise text in smaller script. Two vertical decorative red lozenge-and-rule ornaments flank the left and right margins, each bearing the denomination '500 Millionen Mark' in vertical orientation. The central denomination panel '500 Millionen' is set within a rectangular black border overlaid on a red underprint numeral '500'. Below the text, the date 'Vohwinkel, 15. Oktober 1923' appears above the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large central vignette in dark letterpress illustrating a satirical 'Danse Macabre of Finance' (Der Finanzen Totentanz): a skeleton standing at upper right scatters banknotes into the air while a crowd of desperate figures scrambles to catch them, the scene enclosed within a decorative circular-dot border frame. Above and below the vignette, red-printed price lists dated 15 October 1923 run along all four margins, citing hyperinflationary commodity prices. The denomination '500 Millionen Mk.' and issuer name 'STADT VOHWINKEL' appear in red above the vignette, with the serial number 'Serie G1 No. 27373' in black at the left margin. |
| Reverse lettering | Preise am 15. Oktbr. 1923: ein Liter Wasser 98 Tausend, ein Pfund Salz 42 Millionen, ein Ei 75 Millionen, ein Liter Milch 152 Millionen, ein Pfund Kartoffeln 40 Millionen, ein Hering 50 Millionen, ein Pfund Brot 210 Millionen, ein Pfund Schweineschmalz 1 1/4 Milliarden, ein Paar Schuhsohlen 6 Milliarden, ein ärztl. Totenschein 600 Millionen, ein Sarg 45 Milliarden. 500 Millionen Mk. STADT VOHWINKEL DER FINANZEN TOTENTANZ |
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