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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Neuwied |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 151 × 94 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark brown on a pale pink guilloche underprint and enclosed within an ornate decorative border with scrollwork at the corners and along all four sides, with the legend 'Kreis Neuwied' repeated vertically in the left and right margins. The denomination '500 000 Mark' appears in the upper left and right corners flanking the word 'Gutschein', below which the value is restated in large Gothic blackletter script as 'Fünfhunderttausend Mark'. A small heraldic eagle vignette is placed in the lower left, accompanied by the issuance text, the place and date 'Neuwied, den 1. August 1923.', the issuing authority 'Der Kreisausschuß des Kreises Neuwied', and two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on a pale pink guilloche underprint of repeating circular rosette motifs, enclosed within the same ornate scrollwork border as the obverse, with '500 000 Mark' inscribed along the top and bottom borders. The issuer name 'Kreis Neuwied' is set in Roman type in the upper centre, and the denomination 'Fünfhunderttausend Mark' is rendered in large Gothic blackletter script across the centre field. A serial number composed of a letter prefix and six-digit numeral is printed in the lower centre. |
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This is Inflation-era German Notgeld — emergency municipal currency issued by the district committee of Kreis Neuwied as the Reichsbank's ability to supply denominations fast enough to meet demand simply collapsed in 1923. By the time notes at this face value were being printed and circulated, the hyperinflation had advanced to the point where 500,000 Mark was already marginal for routine transactions; notes were obsolete within weeks of issue.
The Rhein- und Wied-Druckerei was a local commercial printer, not a specialist security press. That origin is usually visible in the relatively simple typography and absence of anti-counterfeiting measures — fraud was barely a concern when the currency itself was losing value faster than forgers could work.