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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Montabaur (City of Montabaur) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 2 000 000 Mark (2 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | KASSENSCHEIN DER STADT MONTABAUR über Fünfzig Millionen Mark Dieser Kassenschein kann vom 1. September 1923 ab aufgerufen und unter Umtausch bei der Stadtkasse Montabaur eingelöst werden. Montabaur, den 10. August 1923 DER MAGISTRAT: SIEGEL DER STADT MONTABAUR |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, consisting of plain cream-coloured paper stock with no text, vignette, or ornamental elements of any kind. |
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Montabaur's 50-million Mark notgeld dates from the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when municipal authorities across the Rhineland were printing emergency denominations that would have been unimaginable twelve months earlier. By October 1923 the Reichsmark had collapsed so completely that a 50-million note represented, at best, a few days' practical purchasing power before depreciation made it worthless again.
Small Rhenish towns like Montabaur typically contracted local printers for these late-stage issues, which is why production quality varies so sharply across surviving examples. Paper stock, ink saturation, and registration often differ noticeably even within the same denomination run.