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1 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse Brunndöbra (Municipality of Brunndöbra, Saxony) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 000 Marks (1 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream paper Gutschein (emergency note) of typeset letterpress design, with the denomination "Eine Milliarde Mark" set in large blackletter Gothic type as the central legend, flanked by horizontal rule lines. A diagonal red overprint repeating "Eine Milliarde" crosses the face at an angle. The upper portion carries "Serie A," the authorization line "Genehmigt vom Reichsfinanzministerium," and a handwritten serial number; star ornaments appear at the upper corners. The lower section bears the issuing locality "Brunndöbra, den 27. Oktober 1923," a circular blue municipality seal, a manuscript signature above the title "Gemeinde-Vorstand," and a validity clause at foot. A vertical side panel printed in rotated text reads "1 Milliarde" in blackletter. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein. Serie A Genehmigt vom Reichsfinanzministerium. Eine Milliarde Mark zahlen die Gemeindekassen in Brunndöbra gegen Rückgabe dieses Scheines innerhalb der bekanntgegebenen Laufzeit. Der Gemeinderat. Gemeinde-Vorstand. Brunndöbra, den 27. Oktober 1923. Gültig bis zum Aufrufe im amtlichen Bekanntmachungsblatte. 1 Milliarde |
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Brunndöbra is a village in the Vogtland district of Saxony — a coal and textile community with no particular financial significance before hyperinflation forced every local authority, however small, to print its own emergency money. This one-billion-mark note was issued by the municipal cashier's office in 1923, during the final, most absurd phase of the Weimar inflation, when the Reichsbank's own denominations were perpetually behind the collapsing purchasing power of the currency.
The 637b designation indicates a variety within the Brunndöbra series — likely a paper stock or overprint difference from the base type. Local Notgeld at this denomination level was rarely used beyond a few days before becoming worthless again.