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20 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Rheydt (City of Rheydt) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Orange-toned Notgeld issued in two vertical panels: the left panel carries the municipal coat of arms of Rheydt — a heraldic shield surmounted by a turreted crown, with a quartered field and a cross at the base — accompanied by the series and serial number above and the issuer legend below, all in Fraktur blackletter. The right, wider panel displays the denomination '20 Millionen Mark' in large Fraktur script over a fine web-pattern underprint, followed by the redemption text, date of 28 August 1923, the title 'Der Oberbürgermeister' and a manuscript signature. |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadt Rheydt 20 000 000 Mark * Mark 20 000 000 |
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Rheydt issued this note at the absolute peak of Weimar hyperinflation — 20,000,000 Mark was a denomination that would have been unthinkable eighteen months earlier and was itself obsolete within weeks of printing. The city had no choice but to produce Notgeld at this scale; the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough currency to meet daily wage payments, and municipal authorities across the Rhineland were printing their own emergency issues to fill the gap.
Otto Berger was a local commercial printer, not a specialist security firm. That origin matters — the notes lack the intaglio depth of Reichsdruckerei work and were easy to reproduce.