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1 000 000 000 Mark Schwelm
| Issuer | Stadt Schwelm (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Schwelmer Tageblatt G.m.b.H. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gültig nur im Stadtbezirk Schwelm. 1 Gutschein der Stadt Schwelm über Eine Milliarde Mark Alle städtischen Kassen nehmen diesen Gutschein in Zahlung oder erstatten den Gegenwert. Die Einlösung muß bis zum 31. Dezember 1923 erfolgt sein. Schwelm, den 25. Oktober 1923. Der Magistrat. Schwelmer Tageblatt G.m.b.H. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain cream-coloured paper surface with no text, vignette, or decorative elements of any kind. |
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Schwelm's local newspaper printing house, the Schwelmer Tageblatt G.m.b.H., produced this milliard-Mark note during the absolute peak of German hyperinflation — by the time notes at this denomination were circulating in late 1923, the value had already been effectively overtaken before the ink was dry. Municipal authorities across the Ruhr and Westphalia were issuing emergency Notgeld at this scale simply to keep local commerce functioning, Schwelm among hundreds of Städte doing the same.
The printer's role here is worth noting: newspaper presses were pressed into emergency currency production precisely because they were fast and locally available, not because they offered security printing.