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20 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Reutlingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 20 000 000 000 Mark (20 000 000 000) |
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| Reverse description | The note is printed on one side only; the reverse shows a ghost impression of the obverse text and guilloche border in dark teal-grey as ink show-through on the plain unprinted paper, with the serial number and series letter appearing in mirror image along the right margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Reutlingen's municipal administration issued this 20-billion Mark note during the hyperinflation peak of late 1923, when the Reichsbank could not produce currency fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. Municipalities, districts, and private firms were authorized to issue their own emergency money — Notgeld — to fill the void. Reutlingen was among hundreds of German towns doing exactly this simultaneously.
The watermarked paper is worth noting: by this stage of the crisis, many issuers had abandoned security features entirely as irrelevant — counterfeiting paper money whose value evaporated within hours was economically pointless. That Reutlingen retained a watermark suggests either prior stock was used or the printer still had specification paper on hand.