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50 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Böblingen and Stadtgemeinde Sindelfingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Pink guilloche underprint covers the entire field. The heading 'GUTSCHEIN' arches across the top centre in bold black letterpress, flanked by the municipal arms of Böblingen (left) and Sindelfingen (right) printed in blue. A large numeral '50' underprint sits centrally, with the denomination 'Fünfzig Milliarden Mark' in bold across the middle register and four manuscript signatures of the respective Stadtschultheiss and Stadtpfleger officials below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Böblingen, Stadtgemeinde Sindelfingen GUTSCHEIN Fünfzig Milliarden Mark zahlen die Stadtpflegen Böblingen und Sindelfingen dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheins 30. Oktober 1923 Stadtschultheiss: Stadtpfleger: Kontrolle: Nachahmung u. Fälschung strafbar! (Translation: City Municipality of Böblingen, City Municipality of Sindelfingen VOUCHER Fifty Billion Marks paid by the city treasuries of Böblingen and Sindelfingen to the bearer of this voucher 30 October 1923 Mayor: City Treasurer: Control: Imitation and falsification punishable!) |
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A joint issue from two neighboring Württemberg towns — Böblingen and Sindelfingen — during the peak of the Weimar hyperinflation, when municipal and regional authorities across Germany were authorized to print emergency currency (Notgeld) to meet payroll and daily commerce as Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than they could be transported. By late 1923, fifty billion marks was roughly the price of a loaf of bread, and denominations at this level were still not considered large.
Dual-municipality issues of this kind are uncommon. The administrative cooperation required to produce and countersign a shared emergency note was unusual at the local level.