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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Werdau, City of |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress-printed Notgeld coupon on cream paper, with an elaborate guilloche border incorporating floral and rosette medallion ornaments at each corner and along the edges. The denomination "Fünfhunderttausend Mark" is set in large Gothic blackletter script across the centre, above a pale red underprint numeral "500000", with multi-line validity and payment text in smaller Gothic type surrounding it. Three manuscript signatures appear below the issuing authority lines, dated Werdau, 7 August 1923, with the numeral "500000" repeated in the lower guilloche panel. |
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| Reverse description | Violet-purple letterpress-printed reverse on cream paper, with a dense guilloche underprint of repeating star and rosette lattice covering the entire field. A central octagonal vignette carries a detailed line-engraved view of the Werdau town hall, its tower and façade rendered with fine architectural detail against a clouded sky. The denomination numerals "500000" appear in large white reserve letters within oval cartouches to the left and right of the vignette, with the serial number printed in black below centre. |
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| Protection description | Intertwined wave bands |
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