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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtverwaltung Annweiler (City of Annweiler) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadtgemeinde Annweiler Jubiläumsausgabe 14. September 1219 Stadtrechtsverleihung Zehn Millionen Mark Annweiler, den 14. September 1923 Der Bürgermeister Der Stadteinnehmer DER TAG DER EINLÖSUNG WIRD BEKANNT GEGEBEN |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown with a light blue guilloche underprint and carries the denomination numeral "10" in each of the four corners. A central oval vignette presents a panoramic engraved view of Annweiler am Trifels with the Trifels castle rock rising in the background. The inscription "ZEHN MILLIONEN MARK" appears in a decorative banner at both top and bottom of the note, and a blue circular official validation stamp of the city of Annweiler is applied at lower centre. |
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Annweiler am Trifels is a small town in the Rhineland-Palatinate — its connection to imperial Germany runs deep, sitting beneath the Trifels castle where Richard I of England was held captive in 1193. By August 1923, the town's administration was issuing emergency currency denominated in eight-figure sums, a direct consequence of the Reichsbank's inability to supply sufficient legal tender as hyperinflation destroyed purchasing power faster than notes could be printed and distributed.
Local Notgeld at this denomination was typically printed on whatever stock was available, often on a single press run with hand-stamped validation. The ten-million mark figure, staggering by any prewar measure, would have bought roughly a loaf of bread at mid-1923 prices — and less still by November.