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500 Mark
| Issuer | Kreise Köln-Mülheim und Wipperfürth, Bergisch-Gladbach |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and blue-green Notgeld note with a central vignette of a seated female figure, possibly an allegorical representation of industry or agriculture, set against a light guilloche underprint bearing the numeral 500. The denomination 'Fünfhundert Mark' is printed in large Gothic blackletter script across the centre, above which appears the heading 'Gutschein über' in a decorative panel framed by intricate scrollwork borders. The lower portion carries a multi-line text block with three dated authorization signatures from Köln-Mülheim, Wipperfürth, and Bergisch-Gladbach, all dated 21–22 October 1922, with sheet letter and series identifiers 'H' and 'B' at lower left and right respectively. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Fünfhundert Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen kommunalen und anderen öffentlichen Kassen in den Kreisen Köln-Mülheim und Wipperfürth in Zahlung genommen. KÖLN-MÜLHEIM, DEN 22.OKT.1922 WIPPERFÜRTH, D. 21.OKT.1922 BERGISCH-GLADBACH, D. 21.OKT.22 D. VORSITZENDE D. KREISAUSSCHUSSES DER BÜRGERMEISTER HEISS & CO. KÖLN LINDENTHAL |
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German Notgeld at the 500 Mark level reflects the acute inflationary pressure of mid-1922, when municipal and district authorities were printing emergency scrip simply to keep wages moving. The joint issuance by two administrative districts — Köln-Mülheim and Wipperfürth, with Bergisch-Gladbach named — is itself a marker of bureaucratic improvisation under economic stress; such cooperative regional issues were administratively awkward and relatively short-lived.
Heiss & Co. in Köln-Lindenthal handled considerable Notgeld work during this period. By the time hyperinflation peaked in 1923, notes like this had been rendered worthless in a matter of weeks.