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500 Mark
| Issuer | Senate of the Free City of Danzig |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Reference(s) | P#14 |
| Obverse description | The note is divided into three vertical panels within an ornamental rectangular border with ribbon motifs carrying the value. The left panel contains a circular medallion with the crowned coat of arms of the City of Danzig supported by lions on either side; the central panel carries the issuer name, denomination, date, and two manuscript signatures over a green guilloche underprint; the right panel presents a vignette of the Danzig City Hall with a red official seal positioned below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a central vignette of the medieval Crane Gate (Krantor) on the Motława river, with the tower of an astronomical observatory visible in the background. The denomination numeral "500" appears at both left and right of centre, and red serial numbers are printed at lower left and lower right. |
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Danzig's interwar paper issues exist in a peculiar administrative limbo — the city-state operated its own currency under League of Nations oversight, independent of both Germany and Poland, a compromise that satisfied neither. This 500 Mark note from 1922 predates the Senate's switch to the Danzig Gulden, which replaced the inflated Mark series in 1923 after hyperinflation rendered denominations like this one effectively worthless within months of printing.
The Pick 14 series is relatively common in circulated grades, having been produced in quantity before the monetary reform swept most of it from use.