Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
500 000 000 Mark Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen
| Issuer | Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing the plain cream paper stock with the show-through impression of the obverse design visible in light relief, consistent with a single-sided emergency currency note typical of German Inflation-era Notgeld. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Watermark reading 'PROVINZ WESTFALEN' visible in the paper stock of the main panel. |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen was among dozens of regional and municipal German institutions that issued emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank's own output could not keep pace with denominations climbing week by week. By the time 500-million-mark notes were being printed, that sum was worth less than a single pre-war Pfennig in gold terms. The Rentenmark reform of November 1923 rendered the entire class of Notgeld essentially worthless overnight.
Printed locally in Münster rather than routed through one of the major commercial printers, the note reflects the decentralized desperation of that period. Westfalen's provincial bank had the legal standing to issue but limited press capacity, which often shows in the relatively spare production quality of the series.