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50 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Bergedorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Typeset letterpress Notgeld voucher printed in black and green on a pale grey geometric underprint of interlocking rectangular and angular guilloche-like patterns. The heading 'Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf' appears in bold Fraktur at the top, with the denomination '50 Millionen' rendered in large green Fraktur lettering and 'Mark' in black below; a serial number is positioned at lower right. The issuing authority line 'Der Magistrat' is flanked by two manuscript signatures above the date 'Bergedorf, den 23. August 1923', with a two-line redemption clause in roman type at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Bergedorf 50 Millionen Mark Die Einlösung erfolgt durch die Stadtkasse gegen andere Zahlungsmittel. Der Gutschein kann vom Magistrat vom 1. Oktober 1923 ab aufgerufen werden. Bergedorf, den 23. August 1923. Der Magistrat. |
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Bergedorf, now a district of Hamburg, was an independent town during the hyperinflation crisis and issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — like hundreds of other German municipalities scrambling to fill the void left by the Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate denominations fast enough for daily commerce. By the time fifty-million-mark notes were necessary for ordinary transactions, the printing and distribution cycle had compressed to days.
The "e" suffix in the DeNG reference typically denotes a specific paper or color variant within the series — worth confirming against the Grabowski/Mehl catalog, as Bergedorf issued multiple closely related types across the 315 run.