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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Solingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 000 Marks (10 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the note carries an ornate Celtic-knotwork border running along all four edges, with the denomination numeral '10 000 000' set in bold type within dark guilloche panels at top and bottom and repeated vertically along both lateral margins. The central field, laid over a fine crosshatch underprint, bears the large-type legend 'Zehn Millionen Mark' flanked above by the issuing authority text and a three-line legal-tender clause in smaller letterpress. The date of issue 'Opladen, den 28. August 1923', the series designation, and three manuscript signatories of the Kreis-Ausschuß appear in the lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 000 000 Der Not gehorchend, nicht dem eigenen Triebe! Serie A Gutschein des Landkreises Solingen über Zehn Millionen Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen und anderen öffentlichen Kassen im Landkreise Solingen in Zahlung genommen. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung in den Ortsblättern. Der Landkreis Solingen haftet für die Einlösung. Opladen, den 28. August 1923 Der Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Solingen |
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Solingen's county-level committee (Kreis-Ausschuß) issued this note during the peak inflationary collapse of August–November 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply currency fast enough to meet payroll and retail demand. Municipal and district authorities across Germany stepped in with Notgeld at absurd denominations, and ten million marks — a sum that would have bought a modest house just five years earlier — was by this point barely enough for a tram fare.
Schmelper & Fey were a local Solingen printing operation, not a specialist currency house. That matters: quality control and paper consistency across this series varies noticeably.