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| Emittent | Deutsche Reichsbahn (German State Railway) |
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| Jahr | 1923 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Paper |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Unprinted plain reverse in cream-white paper, allowing the interlaced-squares watermark to show clearly; a circular official stamp and a manuscript signature appear in the lower portion, with a serial number to the lower right, consistent with emergency currency (Notgeld) administrative validation practice. |
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| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Watermark |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Anmerkungen |
The Deutsche Reichsbahn began issuing its own emergency currency in 1923 because the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet payroll demands. Railway workers needed to be paid — daily, in some cases — and industrial employers across Germany were authorized to produce notgeld as a stopgap. The Reichsbahn's issues are among the more institutionally credible of the lot, backed by a state enterprise with real assets rather than a municipal treasurer scrambling for paper.
By the time 200-million-mark denominations were necessary, the inflation had already destroyed most intuitive sense of value. This note would have bought roughly a loaf of bread in mid-October 1923 — and nothing at all two weeks later.