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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landkreis Düsseldorf (District of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 Mark (500 000) |
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| Reverse description | Green and dark brown reverse with the same zigzag-cut border repeating the denomination legend on all four margins. A detailed line-art vignette at centre-left presents the ruins of the Kaiserswerth Pfalz (imperial palace), with trees flanking the Romanesque stonework; the inscription 'KAISERSWERTH PFALZ' appears above the vignette and an engraver's signature is visible at lower right. The large numeral '500000' with 'MARK' set to its upper right occupies the right portion of the field, the zeros rendered as open rosette rings against the guilloche ground. The bold legend 'LANDKREIS DÜSSELDORF' runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | FÜNFHUNDERTTAUSEND · MARK LANDKREIS · DÜSSELDORF KAISERSWERTH PFALZ 500000 MARK |
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Landkreis Düsseldorf — the rural administrative district surrounding the city, distinct from the municipality itself — was among the hundreds of German local authorities forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation of 1923. By the time a 500,000 Mark note was a practical denomination, real purchasing power was collapsing weekly. Notes of this face value were already obsolete within days of printing.
The Rhineland context matters here: the district was under French and Belgian occupation during this period, complicating both the local economy and the administrative authority behind such issues.