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5000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Gotha (City of Gotha, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 5000 Mark |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Gotha Fünf Tausend Mark 5000 M A Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen und von der Bank für Thüringen vorm. B. M. Strupp Akt.-Ges. Filiale Gotha, der Commerz- und Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft Filiale Gotha, der Deutschen Bank Filiale Gotha, der Gewerbe- und Landwirtschaftsbank e.G.m.b.H. Gotha, dem Hofbankhaus Gebr. Goldschmidt und dem Hofbankhaus Max Mueller zur Gutschrift angenommen * Er verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb 14 Tagen nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Stadtdirektors zur Einlösung bei obigen Banken vorgelegt wird. Gotha, den 8. Februar 1923. Der Stadtdirektor Oberbürgermeister. Hofbuchdruckerei Gotha |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on cream paper and presents a spare, typographic composition centred on three guilloche cartouches arranged horizontally: the two flanking cartouches each bear the denomination numerals '5000' above and below the Mark abbreviation 'M', while the larger central cartouche carries the bold numeral '5000' in green. The heading 'Notgeld' in italic script appears above the central cartouche, with 'Stadt Gotha' in matching italic below, set against a light guilloche underprint through which the obverse text is faintly visible in show-through. |
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Gotha was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By mid-1923, a 5,000 Mark note was worth less than a tram ticket within days of issue. The Hofbuchdruckerei — the court printing house — had long served the Ernestine ducal administration in Gotha and was a logical local choice when speed mattered more than security features.
Notgeld of this denomination and period was typically redeemed or destroyed once the Rentenmark stabilization took hold in November 1923, which accounts for the relative scarcity of intact survivors.