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2 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Freital (City of Freital) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld printed in dark green and black, enclosed within a dense guilloche border of interlocking floral and scalloped ornament. The denomination numeral '2' rendered in large calligraphic letterpress type occupies the centre, surmounted by the bold legend 'ZWEI MILLIARDEN'; series letter 'REIHE B' appears at upper left, with the red serial number at upper right. Redemption text, forgery warning, issuing authority 'Der Rat der Stadt Freital', date '20. Oktober 1923', and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature occupy the lower portion. |
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| Reverse lettering | MILLIARDEN MARK JOHANNES PÄSSLER, DRESDEN-N. |
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Freital was a young city when this note was printed — incorporated only in 1921 through the administrative merger of several industrial towns south of Dresden, including Döhlen, Deuben, and Potschappel. The Inflationszeit forced municipalities across Germany to issue their own emergency currency, and Freital was no exception. At two billion marks, this denomination reflects the terminal phase of the hyperinflation: by late 1923, notes of this face value were functionally worthless within weeks of printing.
Pässler's Dresden-Neustadt operation handled a significant volume of Notgeld work during this period, which is worth noting — the guilloche underprint suggests at least a nominal attempt at anti-counterfeiting, somewhat absurd given the pace at which the currency was collapsing.