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500 Mark Provinz Oberhessen
| Issuer | Provinzialkasse Gießen (Province of Upper Hesse) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 500 Marks |
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| Obverse description | Typographically composed Notgeld note printed in red on a pale green floral guilloche underprint forming a full border of interlaced foliate scrollwork. The denomination 'Fünfhundert Mark' is set in large Gothic blackletter type dominating the centre field, with the issuing authority title in a smaller Gothic script at the top. Validity, redemption, place, and date inscriptions appear below the denomination in black letterpress, accompanied by a manuscript signature of the Provinzialdirektor at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain white paper surface with no design, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with the emergency issue character of this Notgeld type. |
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Provinzialkasse Gießen was one of dozens of regional German treasury offices issuing emergency currency — Notgeld — during the hyperinflationary spiral of the early 1920s. The 500 Mark denomination, enormous by prewar standards, had become effectively small change by late 1922; within months, notes of this face value would be functionally worthless as the Reichsmark collapsed toward its November 1923 nadir.
Brühl was a local Gießen printer, not a specialist banknote firm. Provincial expediency, not security printing expertise, drove the production choice.