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5 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Saulgau |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld on plain paper with a green floral underprint and vertical rule borders along both lateral edges. The denomination "Fünf Millionen Mark" is inscribed in large cursive script at centre, underlined by a green rule, above the issue date "Saulgau, 14. September 1923" and a circular official stamp of the Oberamtspflege Saulgau at lower left. A serial number in bold letterpress appears at the top centre, with the denomination "5 Millionen Mark" repeated in each corner. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain cream-coloured paper surface with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements of any kind. |
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Saulgau was a small administrative district in Württemberg, and its local authority — the Amtskörperschaft — issued this note during the hyperinflation peak of summer 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough to keep commerce moving. Notgeld at this magnitude was no longer emergency novelty currency; it was functional necessity, churned out by municipal offices, savings banks, and district administrations across Germany within days of each denomination becoming too small to bother with.
The Kelln reference places this in a documented series, but private local printing in Saulgau means quality control was minimal and paper stocks varied between runs — the b-suffix variant typically indicates a paper or color distinction from the base type.