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1 000 000 000 000 Mark Kreis Sankt Goarshausen
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises St. Goarshausen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in dark green and black on cream paper, with a fine guilloche underprint covering the main panel and a decorative border of interlocking geometric ornaments. To the left, a circular green guilloche medallion carries the denomination '1 BILLION MARK' in bold letterpress, alongside a red overprinted rectangular validity notice reading 'Umlaufsfähig im ganzen Reg.-Bezirk Wiesbaden. Gültig bis 1. April 1924.' The central text panel bears the title 'KASSENSCHEIN DES KREISES ST. GOARSHAUSEN' at the top, followed by the denomination 'Eine Billion Mark' in bold Gothic script, a redemption clause, the issuing authority's circular black ink stamp with a Prussian eagle, the date 'St. Goarshausen, den 22. Oktober 1923', a manuscript signature, and a serial number in the prefix 'Z No.' series printed in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN DES KREISES ST. GOARSHAUSEN Eine Billion Mark Dieser Kassenschein kann jederzeit bei der Kreiskommunalkasse in St. Goarshausen eingelöst werden. St. Goarshausen, den 22. Oktober 1923. Der Kreisausschuß des Kreises St. Goarshausen I. B.: Z No. KREISAUSSCHUSS DES KREISES ST. GOARSHAUSEN 1 BILLION MARK Umlaufsfähig im ganzen Reg.-Bezirk Wiesbaden. Gültig bis 1. April 1924 |
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One trillion marks, issued by the district committee of Sankt Goarshausen — a small administrative district on the right bank of the Rhine — during the final weeks of Germany's hyperinflation peak in late 1923. By November of that year, the Reichsbank's own notes were struggling to keep pace with denomination requirements, which forced hundreds of local authorities, municipalities, and private firms to issue their own emergency currency (Notgeld) at astronomical face values.
At the exchange rate prevailing when notes like this circulated, one trillion marks bought roughly what a single mark had purchased a decade earlier.