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5 000 000 000 000 Mark Reichsbanknote
| Issuer | Reichsbank |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1873-1923) |
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| Obverse lettering | Reichsbanknote FÜNF BILLIONEN Mark zahlt die Reichsbankhauptkasse in Berlin gegen diese Banknote dem Einlieferer. Vom 1. Februar 1924 ab kann diese Banknote aufgerufen und unter Umtausch gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel eingezogen werden. Berlin, den 7. November 1923 Reichsbankdirektorium 5000 MILLIARDEN (Translation: Reichsbank Note Five Trillion Mark will be paid by the Reichsbank head office in Berlin for this note to the bearer. From 1st February 1924 onwards, this banknote can be called in and withdrawn in exchange for other legal means of payment. Berlin, 7th November 1923 Reichsbank Directorate 5000 Milliard) |
| Reverse description | Reverse is essentially blank, printed on plain white paper with only faint residual ghost impressions from the obverse visible through the thin paper stock, consistent with the emergency production methods of the hyperinflationary period. |
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By November 1923, when this note entered circulation, the Reichsbank was printing on only one side of the sheet to save time — the hyperinflation had outpaced the ability to complete both faces before denominations became obsolete. The five-trillion-mark figure was not the ceiling; notes for 100 trillion marks followed within weeks.
P#136A is distinguished from the closely related 136B by the serial number prefix configuration. Reichsdruckerei ran multiple print runs under severe pressure, and plate inconsistencies between runs are documented — worth checking against specialist references before attribution.