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10 000 000 000 Mark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote Zehn Milliarden MARK 15 September 1923 10 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vignette of a standing female figure, identified as a virgin or allegorical maiden, rendered in a classical style set against a fine guilloche background. The composition is framed by decorative borders with the denomination repeated in numerals, consistent with the austerity of the rapid-issue Weimar-era inflation notes. |
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By the time this note entered circulation in late 1923, Germany's hyperinflation had progressed to the point where ten billion marks represented a trivial purchasing unit. The Reichsbank was printing denominations faster than the economy could absorb them — this value, unimaginable a year earlier, was already obsolescent within weeks of issue.
P#116A is distinguished from the closely related 116b by its serial number configuration. The Rentenmark stabilization of November 1923 rendered the entire series worthless overnight at a conversion rate of one trillion paper marks to one new mark.