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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat Bad Reichenhall (City Council of Bad Reichenhall) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 500 000 Mark (500 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein Fünfhunderttausend Mk. Dieser Gutschein wird sofort nach Behebung des Bargeldmangels zur Einlösung aufgerufen. Die Einlösung erfolgt durch die Bayer. Vereinsbank Filiale Bad Reichenhall, Bayer. Hypotheken- und Wechselbank Filiale Bad Reichenhall, Stadthauptkasse Bad Reichenhall. Bad Reichenhall, 13. August 1923 Stadtrat Bad Reichenhall: 500 000 Mark |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain cream-coloured paper surface with show-through of the obverse text visible as a faint mirror impression, consistent with the lightweight stock used for this Notgeld issue. |
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Bad Reichenhall's municipal council issued emergency currency — Notgeld — during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank's own supply of legal tender was simply unable to keep pace with demand. Half-million mark denominations, unthinkable two years earlier, were routine by mid-1923; by November, this note would have bought almost nothing.
Carl Schiffmann's signature is confirmed; the second signatory is illegible across surviving examples, suggesting a lower administrative official rather than an elected councillor. The official seal substitutes for more sophisticated security printing — typical of municipal issues produced under time pressure without access to professional banknote printers.