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10 000 000 000 Mark Hannoversche Maschinenbau-AG
| Issuer | Hannoversche Maschinenbau-Actien-Gesellschaft vormals Georg Egestorff (HANOMAG) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on firm white paper in light green with black text throughout. A vertical rectangular border frame in black runs along the left margin. The denomination value and amount are rendered in red, with a five-digit serial number in black printed in raster style. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 Milliarden Anweisung! Gruppe D Die Hannoversche Maschinenbau Actien-Gesellschaft vormals Georg Egestorff Hannover-Linden (HANOMAG) bittet,dem Überbringer dieser Anweisung bis zum Betrage von Mark 10 000 000 000 in Worten:Zehn Milliarden Mk. Waren auszuhändigen und diese Anweisung an unsere Hauptkasse einlösen zu Lassen Wir bitten bringend,mehrere Anweisungen zusammen vorlegen zu wollen Hannover-Linden. Hannoversche Maschinenbau=Act.=Ges.vormals Georg Egestorff Einlieferungstrift wird durch die Tageszeitungen bekanntgegeben |
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HANOMAG — the locomotive and later automobile manufacturer based in Linden — was among the thousands of German industrial firms authorized to issue notgeld during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet wage demands. A company paying hundreds of workers in cash had no practical alternative. These factory-issued billions were typically redeemable only at the issuing firm's pay office, which kept circulation geographically tight and redemption periods brutally short.
The ten-billion denomination places this note squarely in the October–November 1923 window, when denominations escalated almost weekly.