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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Hanau am Main (Magistrat der Stadt Hanau) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld voucher printed in dark brown letterpress on a pale green guilloche underprint, with the issuing authority legend 'STADT HANAU AM MAIN' at top and the denomination in large bold script across the centre. A circular vignette at centre displays the Hanau civic arms within a decorative surround, flanked by ornamental rosette borders along both lateral margins. The date 'HANAU, 3. Oktober 1923' is set in the lower centre, with a circular impressed magistrate seal at lower left and two manuscript signatures above the serial number at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | STADT HANAU AM MAIN. Fünfzig Millionen Mark zahlen die städtischen Kassen gegen diesen Gutschein. Der Zeitpunkt der allgemeinen Einlösung der von der Stadt ausgegebenen Gutscheine wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht werden. HANAU, 3. Oktober 1923. Der Magistrat BRÜNING HANAU 50 |
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Hanau's municipal administration issued this 50-million Mark note at the height of the hyperinflationary spiral in 1923, when German city governments were legally permitted — then practically compelled — to print their own emergency currency, known as Notgeld, to meet payroll and basic commercial demand. The Reichsbank simply could not supply denominations fast enough as prices doubled weekly.
Brüning was a local Hanau printer, which kept turnaround short — a practical necessity when a note's face value could be economically irrelevant within days of printing.