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20 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Solingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 20 000 000 Mark (20 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | Der Not gehorchend, nicht dem eigenen Triebe! Gutschein des Landkreises Solingen über ZWANZIG MILLIONEN MARK Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen u. anderen öffentlichen Kassen im Landkreise Solingen in Zahlung genommen Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung in den Ortsblättern / / / / Der Landkreis Solingen haftet für die Einlösung Serie F Opladen, den 28. August 1923 Der Kreis-Ausschuß des Landkreises Solingen KUNSTANSTALT HERMANN RABITZ, SOLINGEN |
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| Reverse lettering | Zwanzig Millionen Mark Zwanzig Millionen Mark |
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The Landkreis Solingen — the rural district surrounding the city of Solingen, distinct from the city administration itself — issued this note as part of Germany's regional Notgeld emergency currency explosion of 1923. By the time denominations reached the tens of millions of marks, the Reichsbank's printing capacity was genuinely overwhelmed, and local administrative bodies like the Kreis-Ausschuß were legally empowered to issue their own emergency currency to keep wages and local commerce moving.
Kunstanstalt Hermann Rabitz was a local printing house — the note never left the district in terms of its production chain, which was common for late-hyperinflation Notgeld where speed mattered more than security.