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10 000 000 000 Mark Württembergische Notenbank
| Issuer | Württembergische Notenbank |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 000 000 Mark (10 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | Württembergische Notenbank Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht, oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft u. in Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft Zehn Milliarden Mark Für den Aufsichtsrat: Der Vorstand: Stuttgart, 11. Oktober 1923 |
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| Reverse lettering | Zehn Milliarden 10,000,000,000. Zehn Milliarden Mark bezahlt die Württembergische Notenbank jedem Inhaber dieses Scheines in Reichswährung Vom 30. November 1923 ab kann diese Banknote aufgerufen und unter Umtausch gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel eingezogen werden. |
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The Württembergische Notenbank was one of four German private note-issuing banks — alongside the Bavarian, Saxon, and Baden institutions — that retained the right to issue currency under the Reichsbank Law of 1875. By late 1923, that institutional history had become almost absurd: ten billion marks was, at the peak of the hyperinflation, barely enough to cover a tram fare. The Notenbank was printing denominations that would have been incomprehensible to its founders fifty years earlier.
Stuttgart-printed issues from this period often show uneven ink distribution caused by the sheer speed of press runs — quality control was simply not a priority when notes became worthless within days of issue.