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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bergedorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 000 Marks (500 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on salmon-pink paper with a geometric lattice underprint, the note is framed by a black ornamental border of interlocking chain and angular motifs. The heading 'Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf' is set in bold black letterpress at the top, above the large blue typeset denomination '500 Millionen Mark' dominating the centre field. Below, a serial number, a two-line redemption clause, the place and date 'Bergedorf, 9. Oktober 1923', the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat', and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf 500 Millionen Mark Nr. Die Einlösung erfolgt durch die Stadtkasse gegen andere Zahlungsmittel. Der Gutschein kann vom Magistrat vom 1. Dezember ab aufgerufen werden. Bergedorf, 9. Oktober 1923 Der Magistrat |
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Bergedorf, now a district of Hamburg, was still an independent municipality in 1923 when the Reichsmark's collapse forced local authorities across Germany to print their own emergency money. The Magistrat issued this 500-million-Mark note during the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when denominations that would have seemed absurd in January were genuinely insufficient by October. Municipal notgeld at this scale was a stopgap — local purchasing power measured in hundreds of millions was the mundane arithmetic of daily bread.
The DeNG 7/8 series catalogues Bergedorf's emissions across multiple types; the #315g suffix indicates a specific paper or overprint variant within a closely related group, so misidentification between adjacent subtypes is common.