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500 000 Mark Eichendorf, Bankhaus H. Eckert
| Issuer | Bankhaus Heinrich Eckert, Filiale Eichendorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | J. Schreibauer, Eichendorf |
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| Obverse description | Typographically plain Notgeld note printed in dark green and orange on cream paper, enclosed within a decorative foliate guilloche border. The large denomination legend 'halbe Million Mark' is set in bold letterpress type across the centre, flanked by the numeral '500 000' in each upper corner; a multi-line text body in smaller type identifies the issuing branch, location, and date of issue, with a red overprint stamp reading 'H. ECKERT' across the central text block. The serial number appears in blue letterpress at lower left, and the issuer's name 'Bankhaus Heinrich Eckert Filiale Eichendorf' is printed in large display type along the lower margin, accompanied by a manuscript authorisation signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain uniform cream-beige paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Bankhaus Heinrich Eckert was a private banking house operating out of Eichendorf, a small market town in Lower Bavaria. During the hyperinflation of 1923, countless local businesses, municipalities, and private banks across Germany issued their own emergency currency — Notgeld — to compensate for the Reich's inability to produce sufficient legal tender fast enough to keep pace with the collapsing mark. This note is that kind of instrument: purely functional, born of necessity, printed locally by J. Schreibauer rather than sent to one of the major specialist firms handling the flood of similar commissions.
At 500,000 Mark, it was already obsolete in purchasing power within weeks of issue.