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10 000 000 000 Mark Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 000 000 Marks (10 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is typeset in black on cream paper with an ornate chain-link border framing the entire note. A vertical left panel bears the denomination '10 Milliarden Mark' printed sideways, separated from the main field by a scrollwork guilloche strip. The central field carries the large Gothic-script denomination 'Zehn Milliarden Mark' at the top, followed by a serial prefix 'D No' and number, then a multi-line German text stating payment obligations by the Hauptstaatskasse in Schwerin, the date 'Schwerin, den 23. Oktober 1923', a circular official seal of the Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium at lower left, the issuer's name in Gothic script, and multiple manuscript signatures below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on cream paper with a chain-link rectangular border and a narrow vertical denomination panel at the right reading '10 Milliarden Mark' sideways. The denomination '10 Milliarden' appears in each corner margin of the main field, while the numeral '10000000000' is set in bold at centre top, below which 'Zehn Milliarden Mark' is rendered in large Gothic type. A short text block at the top warns that all Landes- and Gemeindekassen within the Freistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin accept this Notgeld during the circulation period, and a further paragraph at the bottom cites the counterfeiting penalty under §§ 146, 149 St.-G.-B. |
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One of hundreds of regional emergency issues printed during the hyperinflation of late 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. The Mecklenburg-Schwerin state ministry issued its own high-denomination Notgeld through local printers in Schwerin — an arrangement that was technically legal under the emergency printing authorizations of that period but represented a near-total breakdown of centralized monetary control.
By the time ten-billion-mark notes were being printed and distributed, the denomination itself was obsolete within days of issue. The Rentenmark stabilization in November 1923 rendered the entire series worthless almost immediately.