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100 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Bergedorf (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Reference(s) | DeNG 7/8#315 |
| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the obverse carries a central vignette of the Bergedorf townscape with a prominent church steeple and row of half-timbered houses rendered in a woodcut-style illustration. The denomination numerals '100' appear in large bold type at upper left and upper right, with the value inscription 'Hundert Milliarden Mark' in heavy Gothic blackletter script overlaid across the vignette. A rectangular guilloche border frames the note, with the issuer heading 'Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf.' at top centre, the date 'Bergedorf, den 9. Oktober 1923', redemption text, and two manuscript signatures above the legend 'Der Magistrat'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf. Hundert Milliarden Mark Die Einlösung erfolgt durch die Stadtkasse gegen andere Zahlungsmittel. Der Gutschein kann vom Magistrat vom 1. Dezember 1923 ab aufgerufen werden. Bergedorf, den 9. Oktober 1923. Der Magistrat. B. S. B. Bergedorf |
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Bergedorf was an independent municipality northeast of Hamburg until its incorporation into the city-state in 1937, and like hundreds of German towns in late 1923, its magistrate was forced into the absurd position of issuing emergency currency in denominations that would have been unimaginable eighteen months earlier. This 100-billion Mark note — printed locally by B.S.B. Bergedorf — belongs to the final, most extreme phase of the hyperinflation, when the Reichsbank's own presses could not keep pace with the collapsing purchasing power of each successive issue.
The Rentenmark stabilization came in November 1923, and most Notgeld of this denomination became worthless paper within weeks of printing.