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1 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Rheydt (City of Rheydt) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Rheydt Eine Milliarde Die Stadt Rheydt zahlt für diesen Schein eine Milliarde Mark. Der Zeitpunkt der Einlösung wird bekannt gemacht. Rheydt, den 12. Oktober 1923. Der Oberbürgermeister : Umlauffähig im ganzen altbesetzten Teile des Regierungsbezirkes Düsseldorf. Gültig bis 1. April 1924. OTTO BERGER, RHEYDT (Translation: Voucher of the City of Rheydt One Billion The City of Rheydt pays one billion marks for this note. The time of redemption will be announced. Rheydt, October 12, 1923. The Lord Mayor: Circulable in the entire formerly occupied part of the Düsseldorf administrative district. Valid until April 1, 1924.) |
| Reverse description | Unprinted plain paper reverse showing full bleed-through of the obverse letterpress and guilloche underprint in mirror image. A circular red official cancellation stamp of the City of Rheydt is applied at centre, confirming redemption or administrative processing. No independent reverse design elements are present. |
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Rheydt issued this billion-mark note in the autumn of 1923, when hyperinflation had rendered even hundred-million denominations functionally useless within days of printing. Stadt Rheydt was one of hundreds of German municipalities forced into emergency currency production — Notgeld at this scale was not a collector's curiosity but a practical necessity, printed and spent within the same week.
Otto Berger was a local commercial printer, not a specialist banknote firm. The contrast with Reichsbank output is stark, and authentication relies heavily on paper and typography rather than intaglio security features.