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500 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Altona (City of Altona) |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in blue, green, and grey tones, with a bold zigzag guilloche border framing the entire design. The denomination "Fünfhundert" is rendered in large, decorative Expressionist-style lettering across the centre, with "MARK" below it in a matching blackletter typeface, flanked on both sides by the circular underprint of the Altona municipal seal. The issue title "AUSHILFSSCHEIN DER STADT ALTONA" appears at the top, with the legal tender clause, place, date of 8 October 1922, and four manuscript signatures of city officials arranged in the lower half. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue and pink tones, with a layered wavy-line guilloche border in blue and pink enclosing a central vignette of the Altona city gate — a twin-towered medieval gateway rendered in pink and blue above stylised waves, evoking the city's coastal character. The denomination "500" appears in white numerals at the top of the vignette, with "MARK MARK" in bold blackletter on either side of the gate. The printer's imprint is set in small type at the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 500 MARK MARK BUCHDRUCKEREI H. BECKER ALTONA-OTTENSEN |
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