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50 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Singen-Hohentwiel (City of Singen-Hohentwiel, Baden) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-toned note with a red-ruled double-border frame typical of Weimar-era Notgeld typography. The upper field carries the serial number at left, the issuer inscription 'Notgeld der Stadt Singen-Hohentwiel' at centre, and 'Serie B' at right; the denomination 'Fünfzig Milliarden Mark' is set in large bold letterpress type across a ruled central band. Below, a text line states the municipality's payment obligation, followed by the date 'Singen-Hohentwiel, 1. November 1923' at lower left, a circular violet municipal seal at centre, and a manuscript authorisation signature at lower right on behalf of the Gemeinderat. |
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| Obverse lettering | No 0830 Notgeld der Stadt Singen-Hohentwiel Serie B Fünfzig Milliarden Mark zahlt die Stadtgemeinde Singen-Hohentwiel dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines. Singen-Hohentwiel, 1. November 1923. Für den Gemeinderat: Oberländer Zeitung G. m. b. H., Singen. |
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Singen-Hohentwiel was among thousands of German municipalities forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation peak of late 1923, when Reichsbank notes could not be printed fast enough to keep pace with price collapses measured in hours. A fifty-billion-mark denomination — unthinkable eighteen months earlier — was entirely routine by November of that year. The Oberländer Zeitung G.m.b.H., the local newspaper printer, was pressed into service for the job, as dedicated security printers were overwhelmed and irrelevant in any case: counterfeiting a note this worthless was pointless.
Notgeld from this period was typically demonetized and recalled within weeks of issue, which means surviving examples often saw little or no actual handling.