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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Fürth i.B. (City of Fürth) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Ochre and black letterpress Notgeld on plain paper, with a zigzag guilloche border framing the central text area. To the upper left, a vertical side panel printed in ochre carries the denomination legend in Fraktur script alongside the Fürth city coat of arms (a shield bearing a trefoil) repeated twice. To the right, an intaglio-style vignette illustrates a stone monument or fountain set among trees, rendered in fine black line engraving. The denomination '500,000' appears in large bold numerals at centre, followed by the full amount in Fraktur text and the payment obligation clause, dated 15. August 1923, above three facsimile manuscript signatures of the city council officials. |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELD DER STADT FÜRTH i/B. Fünfhunderttausend Mark 500,000 Fünfhunderttausend Mark zahlt die Stadtkasse Fürth i/B. gegen diesen Schein dem Einlieferer Fürth, den 15. August 1923 Stadtrat: 3.Bürgermeister. Oberbürgermeister. 2.Bürgermeister. NOTGELD DER STADT FÜRTH i/B. |
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Fürth was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsmark collapsed so rapidly that central supply could not keep pace with denominations large enough for daily transactions. By the time 500,000-Mark notes were being issued at the municipal level, a single loaf of bread could cost more than the total prewar annual wage of a skilled worker.
Three civic signatures — the Oberbürgermeister and both deputy mayors — were required to authenticate the issue, an unusual redundancy that likely reflected local legal requirements around municipal debt obligations rather than any particular security concern.