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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisamt Bingen (District Office of Bingen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, left as plain white paper with no design, text, or ornamentation, consistent with the economical production standards of German Inflation-era Notgeld issues. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. Diehl |
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Kreisamt Bingen was one of hundreds of German district administrations forced into emergency currency production during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank could not print fast enough to meet daily transactional needs. This 500,000 Mark note — a denomination that would have bought a loaf of bread at best for a few days before becoming worthless — was printed locally by Vincenz Pekarek, a Bingen firm with no particular background in security printing.
Authentication relied entirely on an official ink stamp and the signature of Dr. Diehl, whose authority as a district-level administrator gave the paper whatever credibility it held. The Rentenmark reform of November 1923 rendered the entire Notgeld apparatus obsolete almost overnight.