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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 000 Mark (500 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in red on cream paper, the obverse is divided into a narrow left stub and a wider main body. The stub carries a circular red seal of the Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-A., enclosing the Saxon coat of arms, with the denomination '500 MILLIONEN MARK' and a black serial number below. The main body bears the title 'Gutschein des Bezirksverbandes der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt' at the top, with the denomination 'Fünfhundert Millionen' rendered in large ornate Gothic script against a fine guilloche underprint; the issue date 'Dresden-Altstadt, den 15. Oktober 1923' and two manuscript signatures above the printed designations 'Amtshauptmann' and 'Kasseninspektor' appear in the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | Zugelassen vom Reichsfinanzministerium BEZIRKSVERBAND DER AMTSHAUPTMANNSCHAFT DRESDEN-A. Gutschein des Bezirksverbandes der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt Fünfhundert Millionen Mark zahlt der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines. — Die Gültigkeit erlischt mit Ablauf der Frist, die bei Einziehung der Scheine für deren Einlösung öffentlich bekanntgemacht wird Dresden-Altstadt, den 15. Oktober 1923 Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt Amtshauptmann Kasseninspektor 500 MILLIONEN MARK |
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The Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Altstadt was a rural administrative district surrounding — but distinct from — the city of Dresden itself, and this 500-million-Mark note is a product of the extraordinary municipal and district-level Notgeld emissions of late 1923, when the Reichsbank could not print and distribute currency fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation. By the time denominations reached nine figures, the notes were effectively losing value between printing and the cashier's window.
Graphische Werke G.m.b.H. was a Dresden commercial printer, not a security printer — a telling detail about how thoroughly the currency system had broken down by that autumn.