Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
20 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Frankfurt am Main (City of Frankfurt am Main) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | No 668207 * GUTSCHEIN DER STADT FRANKFURT A.M. ÜBER Zwanzig Millionen Mark Die Einlösung dieses Scheines erfolgt bei der Stadthauptkasse Frankfurt a.M. Der Zeitpunkt, mit dem die Gültigkeit abläuft, wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht. DER MAGISTRAT: FRANKFURT A.M. 20. AUGUST 1923 J. MAUBACH & CO. G.M.B.H. FRANKFURT A.M. |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | ZWANZIG MILLIONEN MARK |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Frankfurt's municipal administration began issuing its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the Reichsbank could no longer supply denominations fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation. By mid-1923, the printing presses were struggling to stay ahead of the daily price collapse; a note denominated in millions was, within weeks of issue, effectively worthless for any meaningful purchase. The Stadt Frankfurt turned to local printer J. Maubach & Co. rather than compete for capacity at the overloaded national printers.
The twenty-million mark figure itself marks a specific window: late summer 1923, before the introduction of the Rentenmark in November effectively ended the crisis.