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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | Sparkasse der Stadt Hannover und Sparkasse der Kapital-Versicherungs-Anstalt zu Hannover |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse in pale beige paper, bearing only a faint blind embossed oval 'Magistrat Hannover' control stamp at lower right; no printed design elements. |
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| Protection type | Embossed stamp |
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Hannover's municipal savings bank issued this note on its own authority during the hyperinflation spiral of 1923, when the Reichsbank's supply of emergency currency simply could not keep pace with demand. The joint issuing formula — combining the Sparkasse der Stadt with the Kapital-Versicherungs-Anstalt — was an administrative peculiarity specific to Hannover's institutional structure, not a pattern seen elsewhere.
Gebrüder Jänecke was a Hannover printing house with deep roots in commercial and securities printing, which made them a logical local contractor when notgeld production had to move fast. The embossed stamp served as the primary authentication device, applied after printing.