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1 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Brown and beige Notgeld note with an elaborate geometric guilloche border enclosing a cream-toned underprint field. The denomination "EINE MILLIARDE" is set in heavy Gothic blackletter type across the upper centre, flanked on each side by large numeral "1" coupons with serrated edges; below, a block of text in Fraktur script states the issuing authority's redemption pledge, the place and date "Dresden-N., den 13. Oktober 1923", and the issuer name "Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt". The series designation "REIHE A" appears at upper left, and the serial number is printed in red at upper right, with two facsimile signatures below accompanied by the titles "Amtshauptmann" and "für die Bezirksfinanzverwaltung"; the approval legend "Zugelassen vom Reichsfinanzministerium" runs across the top margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | MILLIARDE Wer Gutscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter 2 Jahren bestraft. Johannes Pässler, Dresden-N. |
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One of the more obscure issuing authorities from the German hyperinflation emergency — the Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Dresden-Neustadt was a rural district administrative body, not a bank, and had no business printing currency. Like hundreds of similar local authorities in 1923, it was forced into the role simply because the Reichsbank could not produce notes fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. A billion marks, once unimaginable, was by late 1923 barely enough for a loaf of bread.
Printed locally by Johannes Pässler in Dresden-Neustadt, this is genuine Notgeld of the hyperinflation peak — district-level emergency paper that circulated briefly and lost all practical value within weeks of issue.