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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat Straubing (City Council of Straubing) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed in letterpress on orange-tan paper with a fine granular underprint, this Notgeld issue places the municipal coat of arms of Straubing within a dotted border panel at left, encircled by the legend 'DER RAT DER STADT STRAUBING', with the denomination '500 000.- MARK.' set in bold type below the shield. The right field carries the full payment order text in German, the issuance date 'Straubing, den 15. August 1923', the issuing authority 'STADTRAT STRAUBING', and a facsimile signature of the First Mayor. A boxed numeral '500 000.-' appears in the lower right corner, with series designation 'Serie A' printed above the main text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | DER RAT DER STADT STRAUBING Serie A Zahlungsanweisung über Fünfhunderttausend Mark. Dieser Schein gelangt zur Ausgabe unter der Haftung des unterfertigten Stadtrates. :.: Die Einlösung erfolgt in allen Straubinger Banken und Bankgeschäften mit Ausnahme der Reichsbank. Straubing, den 15. August 1923. STADTRAT STRAUBING. Der Erste Bürgermeister: 500 000.- MARK. E. B. St. Die Einlösung erfolgt vierzehn Tage nach öffentlichem Aufruf. |
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Straubing's 500,000 Mark notgeld dates to the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when German municipal authorities were legally permitted — and practically compelled — to issue their own emergency currency as the Reichsbank struggled to print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. The Stadtrat issued these notes to pay local workers and maintain basic commercial function in a city that could not wait weeks for central bank supplies.
Locally printed in Straubing, the production quality is what you'd expect from a municipal print shop working under pressure — not a security printer.