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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Dortmund (für die Stadt- und Landkreise Dortmund und Hörde) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed in brown and red-orange on buff paper, with the large denomination numeral '500' and 'MILLIONEN MARK' in bold block lettering dominating the centre, flanked by ornamental vertical guilloche panels bearing repeated numeral '500' at left and right margins. A printed Reichsadler (imperial eagle) stamp appears at lower left, with a serial letter prefix and red serial number at upper right. The body of the note carries a multi-line Gothic-script payment text naming the issuing municipal authority, dated 'Dortmund, am 24. September 1923', and bears two manuscript signatures below the issuer line. Top and bottom borders carry letterpress inscriptions in capital Roman type. |
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| Obverse lettering | DIESER SCHEIN WIRD UNGÜLTIG EINEN MONAT NACH ÖFFENTLICHEM AUFRUF 500 MILLIONEN MARK zahlen die städtischen Kassen in Dortmund und Hörde, sowie die Kreiskommunal-, Stadt-, Amts-, Spar- und Gemeindekassen in den Landkreisen Dortmund und Hörde dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. DORTMUND, AM 24. SEPTEMBER 1923 Für die Stadt- und Landkreise Dortmund und Hörde: Der Magistrat der Stadt Dortmund AUSGEGEBEN MIT GENEHMIGUNG DES REICHSMINISTERS DER FINANZEN |
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Dortmund's municipal administration issued this note under emergency currency powers — the Notgeld framework that allowed German cities and districts to print their own denominations when Reichsbank supply could not keep pace with hyperinflation. By the time 500-million-mark denominations were necessary, late 1923, wages were being paid daily and spent within hours. The coverage of both Dortmund and the Landkreis Hörde under a single issuing authority reflects practical administrative consolidation under crisis conditions.
Local printing kept turnaround fast. It also means paper quality and impression consistency vary noticeably across surviving examples of this series.