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50 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Kreuznach (City of Kreuznach) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 50000 Stadt Kreuznach Gutschein über Fünfzigtausend Mark Dieser Notgeldschein gilt als gesetzliches Zahlungsmittel. Der Zeitpunkt mit dem der Schein seine Gültigkeit verliert, wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht werden. Kreuznach, den 13. Juli 1923. Der Bürgermeister. |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal |
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Kreuznach was among the hundreds of German municipal and regional authorities that printed their own emergency currency — Notgeld — during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not produce denominations fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By mid-1923, a 50,000 Mark note represented a sum that would have seemed astronomically large just eighteen months earlier, and would be essentially worthless within weeks of issue.
The embossed seal was the city's primary authentication device, a practical choice when sophisticated printing security was neither available nor, given the note's likely lifespan, worth the expense.