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50 000 000 Mark Cronenberg
| Issuer | Stadt Cronenberg (City of Cronenberg) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Cronenberg 50 Millionen Mark Die Werkzeugstadt auf grünen Höhen 50.000.000 Mk Cronenberg, 1. August 1923. Der Bürgermeister : Bürgermeisteramt Cronenberg Werkzeuge der heimischen Industrie. Gutes Werkzeug – halbe Arbeit. KUNSTANSTALT HERMANN RABITZ, SOLINGEN |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in light blue on cream paper, its entire field covered by a fine guilloche lattice underprint of repeating geometric and floral motifs. A large central oval cartouche, enclosed within an ornate letterpress border, carries the redemption and legal text over a faint ghost vignette of a heraldic device, with 'STADT CRONENBERG' running in bold uppercase along the top and bottom of the oval frame. The denomination '50 000 000' is rendered in large numerals at both the top and bottom margins of the note. |
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Cronenberg was a small industrial town in the Bergisches Land, administratively absorbed into Wuppertal in 1929 — meaning this note was issued by a municipality that would cease to exist as an independent entity within six years of printing it. Like hundreds of German cities and districts, Cronenberg resorted to its own emergency currency during the hyperinflationary peak of 1923, when the Reichsmark was collapsing fast enough that local authorities couldn't wait for central supply to meet wage payment demands.
Rabitz in nearby Solingen was a practical choice — short logistics mattered when denominations were being revised almost weekly.