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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Ravensburg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 Mark (500 000) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper note printed in dark red letterpress throughout, enclosed within a scalloped dotted border. The denomination numeral "500 000" appears in each corner, with the value spelled out in large bold blackletter script — "Fünfhunderttausend Mark" — across the centre. The issuing authority's promise text is rendered in a lighter blackletter hand above the denomination, the date "Ravensburg, 18. August 1923" appears below, followed by the issuer's name and two manuscript facsimile signatures beneath the titles "i.B. Regierungsrat" and "Oberamtspfleger"; a faint circular underprint device is visible behind the central text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing plain cream paper with show-through of the obverse letterpress impression visible in mirror image. No design elements, text, or security features are present on this side. |
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Ravensburg's Amtskörperschaft — the district administrative body — was among hundreds of German local authorities forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. At 500,000 Mark, this note was already obsolete within weeks of printing; by November 1923, a single US dollar was exchanging for over four trillion Marks.
Ravensburg Notgeld of this period is moderately scarce in collector markets, as many issues were returned and destroyed once the Rentenmark stabilization took hold in late 1923.