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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Düsseldorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with a teal geometric zigzag border running along all four sides, enclosing vertical teal guilloche panels bearing the numeral value on each lateral margin. The central field, set against a fine rosette underprint, carries the denomination in large Gothic blackletter script reading '10 Millionen Mark', with 'REIHE I' in smaller capitals below. The lower portion bears a six-digit serial number, followed by a Gothic-script authorization text citing the Reichsfinanzministerium, the issue date '29.8.23', the issuing authority 'Der Kreisausschuß d. Landkr. Düsseldorf', and two manuscript signatures of the Vorsitzende and a Mitglied. |
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| Reverse lettering | ZEHN MILLIONEN MARK SCHLOSS HUGENPOET LANDKREIS DÜSSELDORF zahlt bei seinen sämtl. Kassen dem Vorzeiger 10000000 Mk |
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This note comes out of the German hyperinflation at its most extreme — by the time denominations like this were being issued by county-level administrative bodies, the Reichsbank had long lost the practical ability to supply currency fast enough to meet demand. The Kreisausschuss des Landkreises Düsseldorf was one of hundreds of municipal and district authorities that printed their own emergency money (Notgeld) under Reich authorization, effectively papering over the collapse with locally produced scrip.
Düsseldorf district issues from late 1923 tend to show uneven ink coverage and variable paper quality — a direct consequence of printing under supply constraints. The ten-million mark figure, staggering on its face, was already losing purchasing power faster than the ink could dry.