Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Dark border bars carry the issuer and denomination inscriptions on all four sides, framing a central field with a yellow, greenish, and brownish abstract guilloche underprint. The face value is stated in large numerals at centre, with series and serial number below. A rectangular light-brown panel at foot bears the official redemption text and the facsimile signature of the Lord Mayor. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a plain typographic style, repeating the essential obligation text and denomination legends in a straightforward letterpress layout without pictorial vignettes or guilloche ornament. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Düsseldorf's municipal administration became a de facto currency issuer during the hyperinflation of 1923, when Reichsbank notes simply could not be printed fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. Notgeld at this denomination was emergency money in the most literal sense — 5,000 Mark was a meaningful sum in early 1923 but would lose practical value within weeks as inflation accelerated toward its autumn peak.
L. Schwann was a well-established Düsseldorf printing house, which gave the city a local option when speed mattered more than elaborate security features. The signature of Oberbürgermeister Köttgen lent official municipal authority to what was, legally speaking, a stopgap.