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Notgeld Augsburg 1923
This page contains Notgeld banknotes that were issued in 1923 by the municipalities of Augsburg.
Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia administrative region of Bavaria, and is located at the confluence of the Wertach and Lech rivers. Today the population of the town is about 276,000.
The city was founded in 15 BC in the reign of Roman emperor Augustus as a garrison called Augusta Vindelicorum. It was laid waste by the Huns in the fifth century, by Charlemagne in the eighth, and by Welf of Bavaria in the eleventh; it rose each time only to greater prosperity.
It became an Imperial Free City on March 9, 1276. Given its strategic location on the trade routes to Italy, it became a major trading centre. It produced large quantities of woven goods, cloth and textiles, and was the base for the Fugger banking empire. The Fuggerei, part of the city devoted to housing for the needy citizens of Augsburg, was founded in 1516 and is still in use today.
In 1530 the Augsburg Confession was presented to the Holy Roman Emperor at the Diet of Augsburg. Following the Peace of Augsburg in 1555, after which the rights of religious minorities in imperial cities were to be protected, a mixed Catholic-Protestant city council presided over a majority Protestant population.
In 1806, when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved, Augsburg lost its independence and became part of the kingdom of Bavaria. It increased considerably in industrial importance in the nineteenth century. It contained large cotton and woolen mills, machine shops, and manufacturers of acetylene gas, paper, chemicals, jewelry, and leather.
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500,000 Mark
This note was issued by the town Augsburg and the chamber of commerce of Augsburg.
It is dated 15 August 1923.
3 Million Mark
This note was issued by the town Augsburg and the chamber of commerce of Augsburg.
It is dated 15 August 1923.
5 Billion Mark
This note was issued by the town Augsburg.
It is dated 26 October 1923.
20 Billion Mark
This note was issued by the town Augsburg.
It is dated 26 October 1923.
1 Trillion Mark
This note was issued by the town Augsburg.
It is dated 26 October 1923.
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