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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Two oval medallions frame the central text block: the left medallion contains a portrait vignette of Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687), astronomer and mayor of Danzig, after the original painting by Twenhusen (c. 1646–1649) and later engraved by Jeremias Falck; the right medallion bears the crowned coat of arms of the City of Danzig, supported by lions. The denomination and issuing authority appear in Gothic blackletter script across the face of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeldſchein der Stadtgemeinde Danzig Zehn Milliarden Mark deutſsche Reichswährung Danzig, den 31. August 1923 Der Senat, Verwaltung der Stadtgemeinde Danzig Joh. Hevellius 1611-1687 Twenhusen pinx. |
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Danzig's hyperinflation issues of 1923 are well-documented, but the printing date here is almost certainly erroneous — 30 April 1945 was the day Hitler died in Berlin, by which point Danzig had already fallen to Soviet forces. The Free City itself had ceased to exist in 1939 when it was forcibly annexed into the Reich. No issuing authority existed in Danzig on that date capable of printing anything.
Treat the 1945 date as a cataloging error. The note belongs to the hyperinflation sequence the Senat issued across 1923 as German-currency parity collapsed, denominations climbing from thousands into the billions within months.