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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düren (City of Düren) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein über Fünfhunderttausend Mark ist durch Hinterlegung von Reichsschatzanweisungen gedeckt. Er wird von den kommunalen Kassen und Sparkassen, sowie den Banken des Kreises Düren in Zahlung genommen. Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit mit Ablauf einer Woche nach Aufruf in den Dürener Zeitungen. Die Stadtgemeinde Düren haftet für die Einlösung. Düren, den 8. August 1923. Der Oberbürgermeister 500 000 Mk. Stadt Düren 1923 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially unprinted, presenting the plain cream paper surface with show-through of the obverse text and guilloche pattern visible in mirror image. A faint circular official stamp impression is present toward the right side, and the red serial number bleeds through at the upper centre. |
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Düren's 500,000 Mark note dates from the summer of 1923, when German municipal authorities were effectively forced into the printing business as the Reichsbank's own currency collapsed faster than it could be distributed. Cities, counties, and commercial firms issued their own Notgeld not as novelty items but as the only viable medium of exchange — wages had to be paid, bread had to be bought, and the official supply of notes was perpetually insufficient. Maschen, Nagel & Co. was a local printing firm, which kept production close and turnaround fast — a practical necessity when denominations were obsolete within days of issue.