Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Passau (City of Passau) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | No 18268 * 50.000.000.000.- Mt. Gutschein Fünfzig Milliarden Mark Die Stadtgemeinde Passau gibt den Zeitpunkt der Einlösung öffentlich bekannt. Passau, den 3. November 1923. Stadtrat. J. V.: Rechtsrat. Stadtkämmerer. ABLASSMAYER & PENNINGER, G. M. B. H., PASSAU. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting the natural cream-beige paper stock with faint show-through of the obverse frame and text visible in mirror image. A red circular stamp impression, likely a post-issue cancellation or control mark, appears toward the right side. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
One of thousands of Notgeld issues produced by German municipalities during the hyperinflationary collapse of 1923, this fifty-billion-mark note from Passau was printed locally by Ablassmayer & Penninger — a practical necessity when denominations were escalating faster than centralized printing could supply. By the time notes at this level were being circulated, the Reichsmark had lost virtually all meaning; workers were being paid twice daily so wages could be spent before the afternoon exchange rate made them worthless.
The Rentenmark reform of November 1923 rendered the entire Notgeld series obsolete almost overnight.