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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Wetter (Ruhr) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 Mark (500 000) |
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| Obverse description | Orange and dark brown Notgeld note with a geometric diamond-pattern underprint across the central field. The issuer title 'Notgeld der Stadt Wetter (Ruhr)' is set in Gothic blackletter at the top, above the large bold numeral '500 000' and the denomination spelled out as 'Fünfhunderttausend Mark'. A circular city seal of Wetter (Ruhr) appears to the lower left, alongside a redemption clause in italic script, the issue date 'Wetter (Ruhr) den 27. August 1923', and the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister and Beigeordneter. The serial number and series letter are printed vertically in the left margin, with an authorization text referencing the Präsidenten zu Arnsberg. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and displays only the blind show-through of the obverse design on plain cream paper, enclosed within a simple ruled border. No additional vignettes, text, or security elements are present on this side. |
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Wetter an der Ruhr is a small industrial town on the Ruhr River, and its 1923 emergency issues belong to the dense wave of Notgeld printed across the Ruhr district during the hyperinflation peak — a period when municipal authorities were legally printing their own money simply to meet weekly payrolls. The Ruhfus firm in Dortmund was one of the region's go-to commercial printers for this work, churning out issues for multiple municipalities simultaneously, which is why the production quality is competent but unremarkable.
At 500,000 Mark, this note dates to the summer-to-autumn 1923 window, before denominations crossed into the billions. Within weeks of its printing, it would have been functionally worthless.