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500 000 Mark
| Issuer | City of Darmstadt (Federal state of Hesse) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Heedt & Ganss G.m.b.H., Darmstadt, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress on cream watermarked paper, framed by an ornate border of rosettes and filigree. Central text in elaborate calligraphic script reads "Notgeld der Stadt Darmstadt" and "Fünfhunderttausend Mark," with subsidiary text blocks and serial number at foot. A handwritten mayoral signature appears beneath the printed title "Der Oberbürgermeister." |
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| Reverse description | Dark blue on light ground, centred on a circular portrait vignette of Justus Liebig surrounded by dense lace-like guilloche work. The denomination "500000" appears in all four corners within stylised decorative ovals, and a continuous ornamental border runs the full perimeter. The printer's imprint is lettered in small capitals at the bottom centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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