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1 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landkreis Recklinghausen und Stadt Recklinghausen |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light green guilloche underprint with a decorative double-rule border enclosing the central design. To the upper left, an oval seal vignette of the Landkreis Recklinghausen alongside the municipal coat of arms of the Stadt Recklinghausen, both rendered in dark red letterpress. The denomination '1 Milliarde Mark' is set in large Gothic blackletter script across the centre, with the numeral value '1 000 000 000' printed vertically along the left margin. The upper right carries the serial number and the heading 'Notgeld des Landkreises Recklinghausen und der Stadt Recklinghausen', with the date 'Recklinghausen, den 6. Oktober 1923' and two facsimile signature pairs for the Kreisausschuss and Magistrat authorities below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld des Landkreises Recklinghausen und der Stadt Recklinghausen 1 Milliarde Mark zahlen unsere Kommunalkassen dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines Recklinghausen, den 6. Oktober 1923 Der Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Recklinghausen Der Magistrat der Stadt Recklinghausen 1 000 000 000 |
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By September 1923, German hyperinflation had forced hundreds of local authorities — Landkreise, municipalities, even private firms — to print their own emergency currency, known as Notgeld, simply to meet payroll. The Landkreis and Stadt Recklinghausen issued this note jointly, an administrative pairing that was itself unusual; most Notgeld came from a single issuing body. At one billion marks, this denomination reflects the velocity of monetary collapse in that final quarter of 1923, when the Reichsbank's own presses could not keep pace with the daily devaluation.
Local Notgeld of this period was typically printed on whatever stock was available and rarely survived circulation intact.