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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Fürth i. B. (City Treasury of Fürth) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned notgeld note printed in brown and tan, with the denomination FÜNFZIG MILLIONEN MARK set in bold block letterpress across the upper centre. A central oval vignette shows a view of the Fürth city hall building, surrounded by a decorative scalloped border in tan underprint. To the right, a vertical guilloche panel carries the numeral '50' in stylised form. The issuing authority text, date line reading '1. Oktober 1923', and three manuscript signature lines with printed titles appear in the lower portion of the note, with the printer's mark 'Lion' at the foot centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing plain cream paper with show-through of the obverse letterpress text and vignette visible in mirror image. No distinct design elements, inscriptions, or security features are present on this side. |
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Fürth was among hundreds of German municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation crisis of 1923, when the Reichsbank could no longer supply notes fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By the time 50-million-mark denominations became necessary for routine transactions, the inflation rate was doubling in days rather than weeks.
The printer, Lion, was a local Fürth firm — one of several regional presses pressed into notgeld production as demand overwhelmed national suppliers. Three signatories were required for issue: the Oberbürgermeister Dr. Wild, the 3. Bürgermeister Müller, and a second deputy, reflecting the municipal governance structure of Bavarian city administrations at the time.
All such notgeld was officially demonetized following the Rentenmark stabilization of November 1923.