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20 000 000 000 Mark Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium
| Issuer | Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Milliarden M. Zwanzig Milliarden Mark zahlt die Hauptstaatskasse in Schwerin dem Einsterer gegen diesen Notgeldschein. Der Zeitpunkt, in dem dieser Schein seine Gültigkeit verliert, wird durch Bekanntmachung im Regierungsblatt bestimmt Schwerin, den 23. Oktober 1923. Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Staatsministerium |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain white paper and is wholly typographic in character, enclosed within a decorative scrollwork border. The value 'Zwanzig Milliarden Mark' is set in large bold Fraktur type at the top. Below, two columns of text flank a central circular seal of the Freistaat Mecklenburg-Schwerin bearing the state coat of arms; the left column declares the acceptance of this Notgeld by all Landes- und Gemeindekassen within the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, while the right column cites the legal penalties under §§ 146 and 149 StGB for counterfeiting. |
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin was one of dozens of German regional authorities forced to issue emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet demand. The 20 Milliarden Mark denomination places this note squarely in the autumn acceleration — by November 1923, even these figures were functionally worthless within days of issue.
A print run of over twelve million for a single regional denomination is itself telling: velocity of circulation had collapsed into a race between printing and purchasing before the ink dried.