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500 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Districts of Bonn and Sieg (Prussian province of Rhine) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Rhenania-Druckerei, Bonn, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | REIHE K Gutschein über Fünfhundert Millionen Mark, gedeckt durch Hinterlegung von Reichsschatzanweisungen. Er wird von den kommunalen Kassen und Sparkassen sowie den Banken der Kreise Bonn-Stadt, Bonn-Land und des Siegkreises in Zahlung genommen. Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit mit Ablauf von 2 Wochen nach Aufruf in den Tageszeitungen der genannten Bezirke. Bonn, den 18. September 1923 Der Oberbürgermeister I. V. Die Handelskammer Bonn (Translation: SERIES K Voucher for Five Hundred Million Marks, backed by deposits of Reich Treasury Bonds. It is accepted as payment by the municipal treasuries and savings banks as well as the banks of Bonn-City, Bonn-Land, and Siegkreis District. The voucher expires two weeks after its publication in the daily newspapers of the aforementioned districts. Bonn, September 18, 1923 The Lord Mayor I. V. The Bonn Chamber of Commerce) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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One of hundreds of Notgeld denominations issued at the municipal and district level during the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when the Reichsbank's own supply of emergency currency simply could not keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By the time 500-million-mark notes were being printed regionally, that sum would buy roughly a loaf of bread — briefly. The Rhenania-Druckerei in Bonn was a logical local choice; commissioning a printer outside the district would have added days the economy could not afford.
The watermarked paper is worth noting — most Notgeld of this period dispensed with security features entirely as an irrelevance. Someone, somewhere in the district administration, still thought counterfeiting a risk worth guarding against.