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10 000 000 000 Marks Kreis Borken
| Issuer | Kreis Borken (District of Borken) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld note printed in green and black on plain paper, with a fine guilloche border pattern framing the entire face. The denomination '10 Milliarden' appears in large green letterpress along the top and bottom margins and vertically along the left edge, while the central text in bold black Fraktur script reads 'Zehn Milliarden Mark'. A green underprint vignette inscribed 'Kreis Borken i. Westf.' runs diagonally across the centre field. The issue authority, date (Borken i. Westf., den 26. Oktober 1923), and a manuscript signature appear in the lower portion beneath the authorisation text, with the serial number printed vertically along the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld des Kreises Borken i. Westf. Zehn Milliarden Mark Ausgegeben mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministers vom Kreise Borken i. Westf. Namens des Kreises Borken: Der Kreisausschuß Borken i. Westf., den 26. Oktober 1923 10 Milliarden |
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Kreis Borken was one of hundreds of German municipal and district authorities that issued emergency currency — Notgeld — during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank's printing capacity and the collapsing mark meant local administrations had to produce their own denominations just to keep commerce moving. By the time notes in the ten-billion-mark range were necessary, the inflation was entering its terminal phase; the Rentenmark stabilization followed in November 1923, rendering the entire series worthless within weeks of issue.
District-level issues like this one were rarely produced in large runs, and circulation was intensely local — often a matter of days before the face value was economically irrelevant.