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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Dillingen an der Donau (City of Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a large salmon-pink letterpress vignette reproducing a historical bird's-eye view of the Bischöfliches Klerikalseminar (Episcopal Clerical Seminary) in Dillingen as it appeared in 1627, with a cartouche in the upper right corner bearing the original Latin caption 'FACIES Exterior Collegij S. HIERONYMI' alongside heraldic devices; the composition occupies virtually the entire note surface, with the caption 'BISCHOFL. KLERIKALSEMINAR IN DILLINGEN VOM JAHRE 1627.' printed along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BISCHOFL. KLERIKALSEMINAR IN DILLINGEN VOM JAHRE 1627. FACIES Exterior Collegij S. HIERONYMI |
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Dillingen an der Donau was a modest Swabian town with no particular banking infrastructure, which made it typical of the hundreds of German municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923. By the time denominations like this reached 500,000 Mark, the Reichsbank's supply of centrally issued notes had simply failed to keep pace with wages — local employers needed physical paper to meet weekly payrolls, and city governments stepped in as issuers of last resort.
Veduta-Druck was a local press, and it shows. The production quality of municipal Notgeld at this denomination tier was rarely sophisticated.