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100 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreise Kreuznach und Meisenheim und Stadt Kreuznach |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 000 000 Marks (100 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | Kreise Kreuznach u. Meisenheim Stadt Kreuznach Hundert Milliarden Mark Die Einlösung dieses Scheines erfolgt bei allen öffentlichen Kassen. Der Zeitpunkt, mit dem der Schein seine Gültigkeit verliert, wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht werden. Kreuznach u. Meisenheim, den 18. Oktober 1923. Der Landrat: Der Landrat: Der Bürgermeister der Stadt Kreuznach: Umlaufsfähig im ganzen Regierungsbezirk Coblenz. Gültig bis zum 1. April 1924. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream paper surface with no vignettes, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with the emergency Notgeld issues of the German hyperinflationary period. |
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One of hundreds of emergency currency issues — Notgeld — flooding Germany during the hyperinflation peak of late 1923, when the Reichsmark had collapsed so completely that regional administrations, municipalities, and even private firms were authorized to print their own denominations just to keep wages and commerce moving. By November 1923, a hundred billion marks would barely cover a loaf of bread, if that. The joint issue by the Kreise Kreuznach and Meisenheim alongside the Stadt Kreuznach reflects how neighboring administrative districts pooled authority when the situation outpaced any single body's capacity to respond.
Rentenmark stabilization in late November 1923 rendered most of these notes void almost immediately after issue.