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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT DÜSSELDORF 50.000.000 Millionen MARK AUSGEGEBEN AUF GRUND DER ERMÄCHTIGUNG DES REICHS-FINANZMINISTERIUMS DIE STADT DÜSSELDORF ZAHLT BEI IHREN SÄMTLICHEN KASSEN DEM VORZEIGER 50 MILLIONEN MARK. – DER ZEITPUNKT FÜR DIE EINLÖSUNG WIRD ÖFFENTLICH BEKANNTGEGEBEN: DÜSSELDORF 15. SEPTEMBER 1923. DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER I.V. REIHE II |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted on the face, showing only the blind embossed impression of the obverse design visible as a ghost image through the thin paper stock, with the serial number cartouche faintly legible in mirror image at the foot. The plain cream paper surface retains the offset impression of the circular ornament border and the central guilloche pattern from the obverse printing. |
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Düsseldorf's municipal administration became a de facto currency issuer during the hyperinflation of 1923, as the Reichsbank's output couldn't keep pace with the collapsing purchasing power of the Mark. Notgeld at this denomination — fifty million Marks — reflects the acceleration phase of the crisis, when print runs had to be authorised and distributed within days before the face value became economically useless. Cities, firms, and local savings institutions all competed to fill the void.
The DeNG 12 reference places this within the documented series of Düsseldorf municipal emergency issues, though survival rates vary considerably across the sub-types catalogued under that number.