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500 000 000 Mark
| Uitgever | Kreisgemeinde Pfalz (District of Palatinate) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed entirely in violet-purple on plain cream paper and mirrors the design register of the obverse without text blocks or signatures. A large central vignette repeats the hop-wreath motif framing a bold numeral '500' in decorative Gothic style, flanked on each vertical margin by the denomination numerals '500 000 000' arranged vertically within ornamental scroll borders. The issuer heading 'Notgeldschein der Kreisgemeinde Pfalz' is set in Gothic blackletter at the top, and the full written denomination '-Fünfhundert-Millionen-Mark-' is inscribed in large Gothic script along the lower margin. |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Notgeldschein der Kreisgemeinde Pfalz 500 500 000 000 -Fünfhundert-Millionen-Mark- |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Palatinate district note was issued at the absolute peak of Germany's 1923 hyperinflation, when the Reichsbank's own printing capacity was so overwhelmed that municipalities, districts, and private firms were legally authorized — then quietly tolerated — to issue their own emergency currency. This Notgeld was not a local curiosity; it was functional money filling a genuine void.
Speyer, as the administrative seat of the Pfalz, handled its own production. The French occupation of the Rhineland, which had been in force since 1919, created an additional layer of monetary instability — occupied territory circulated both German inflation currency and French-sponsored substitutes simultaneously.
By November 1923, the Rentenmark reform rendered the entire 500-million-Mark denomination effectively worthless overnight.