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500 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Apolda (Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | No 021685 GUTSCHEIN Fünfhundert Mark 500 MARK zahlt die Stadtkasse in Apolda dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheines Apolda i. Thür., den 25. September 1922 Der Gemeindevorstand: Der Gemeinderat: |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red over a yellow-ochre guilloche underprint of repeating scrollwork and diamond lattice patterns. A plain rectangular red border frames the central denomination '500 MARK', while vertical side panels in bold red capitals carry the issuer inscription 'STADT APOLDA' on both the left and right margins, each reading upward. |
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Apolda's 500 Mark notgeld from 1922 belongs to the inflationary wave that swept German municipalities into emergency currency production as the Reichsmark collapsed. Thuringian towns like Apolda issued their own paper not out of administrative ambition but out of sheer necessity — the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical currency to keep local commerce moving.
The embossed seal was the Stadt's primary authentication device, cheap to apply and difficult to fake with basic equipment. It also meant production could stay entirely local, without involving a specialist printer.