5 000 000 Mark Kreis Alzey

Kreis Alzey was one of dozens of district authorities across Weimar Germany that resorted to printing their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not produce notes fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By the time denominations reached seven figures, the notes were often worth less in real terms on the day of receipt than they had been when authorized — a lag measured not in weeks but in hours.

Lindemann's design credit is relatively rare among Notgeld of this denomination range, where most issuing offices contracted whatever local printer was available and skipped named designers entirely.