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500 Mark Erzgebirgischer Steinkohlen-Aktienverein
| Issuer | Erzgebirgischer Steinkohlen-Aktienverein |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein. Fünfhundert Mark zahlt unsere Hauptkasse, Luthergestr. 33, in der Zeit vom 1–16. November 1922 dem Vorzeiger ohne Ausweispruͤfung in bar aus. Zwickau, den 15. September 1922. Erzgebirgischer Steinkohlen-Aktienverein. 500 |
| Reverse description | Printed in blue-violet on plain paper, the reverse is dominated by a large central guilloche rosette with the denomination "500 Mark" in Gothic script at its center, flanked by the numerals "500" in each upper corner. A warning against counterfeiting is printed in Gothic text across the top, and a validity expiration notice appears along the bottom. The serial number is printed vertically along the left margin. |
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The Erzgebirgischer Steinkohlen-Aktienverein was a coal mining joint-stock company operating in the Erzgebirge region of Saxony, and this 500 Mark note is a product of the Notgeld emergency currency wave that swept German industry in 1921–1923. As hyperinflation eroded the purchasing power of Reichsbank notes faster than they could be printed, private companies — mines, factories, municipalities — were legally permitted to issue their own emergency scrip to pay workers and facilitate local trade.
Coal companies were among the more pragmatic issuers: their notes often circulated within tight geographic boundaries, accepted at company stores and local merchants, then redeemed in bulk. By late 1923, the denomination was worthless regardless.