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10 000 000 000 000 Mark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 000 000 000 Mark (10 000 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Rectangular ornamental border frames the entire note, with a fine guilloche underprint filling the central field. The denomination "Zehn Billionen Mark" is stated in full across the upper portion in Gothic blackletter script, with the numeral value "10 Billionen" repeated at lower left and right. Two official seals and authorizing signatures of the Reichsbankdirektorium appear at the foot of the note, accompanied by the statutory counterfeiting warning in Fraktur text. |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote Zehn Billionen Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkaſſe in Berlin gegen dieſe Banknote dem Einlieferer ―⬩― Berlin, den 1. November 1923 Reichsbankdirektorium REICHSBANKDIREKTORIUM REICHSBANKDIREKTORIUM Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälſcht, oder nachge- machte oder verfälſchte ſich verſchafft und in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren beſtraft 10 Billionen 10 |
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This is one of the later denominations in the catastrophic German hyperinflation sequence of 1923, when the Reichsbank was forced to issue notes in denominations that would have been unthinkable eighteen months earlier. By November 1923 — when the Rentenmark stabilization finally halted the collapse — a single US dollar was worth roughly 4.2 trillion Marks. A ten trillion Mark note was not an absurdity; it was functional currency for everyday transactions.
The Reichsdruckerei in Berlin was printing around the clock, and paper supply became a genuine constraint. Some notes from this period were printed on whatever stock was available, including the backs of previously printed sheets.