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500 Mark
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Pößneck (Thuringia), City of |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The left side of the note carries two vertically stacked vignettes printed in grey: the upper one shows the civic coat of arms of Pößneck bearing a lion rampant beneath a castellated wall, and the lower one presents a townscape view of Pößneck with its characteristic church tower and rooftlines. The large denomination numeral '500' is printed in bold red letterpress between the two vignettes. The right half contains the text body in a combination of blackletter script and roman type, with the denomination spelled out in ornate script as 'Fünfhundert Mark', below which a decorative floral ornament separates the promise-to-pay clause from the validity notice; the issue date 'Pößneck, den 13. September 1922' and two manuscript signatures appear at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN Fünfhundert Mark zahlt die Stadthauptkasse zu Pößneck i. Thür. dem Überbringer dieses Gutscheines. Dieser Gutschein verliert seine Gültigkeit als Zahlungsmittel am 15. Dezember 1922 oder vorher zwei Wochen nach Bekanntmachung. Pößneck, den 13. September 1922 Der Magistrat Der Gemeinderat 500 |
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Pößneck is a small industrial town in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia, better known historically for its leather and textile trades than for its municipal finance. This 500 Mark Notgeld issue dates from 1922, deep into Germany's hyperinflationary spiral — a period when municipal and commercial bodies across the country were forced to print their own emergency currency simply to meet payroll and daily transaction demands, as Reichsbank notes became inadequate in denomination before the ink was dry.
The dual-signature arrangement — one from the Magistrat, one from Gemeinderat member Dr. Horn — reflects the town's effort to give the issue visible civic authority at a moment when public confidence in any paper money was threadbare.