In September 1923, 3 extra banknotes are prepared.
Only one makes it to circulation - Pick 110, a 500 million note.
There are 6 possible watermarks, but 8 different notes described.
Pick 110 a comes with a purple underprint on the right, and no watermark.
Pick 110 b and c with watermark D, but the 500 is orientated inwards in the b-version and outwards in the c-version (rare).
Pick 110 d, e, f, g and h are with watermarks E, L, N, M and G.
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| 500 million note - September 1923 |
In the notes above, both Pick 110b - one has large serial numbers, the other one has small serial numbers - not specified in the catalogue.
Also the used lettertype is different (see both 7's)
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| detail of Pick 110b |
Two others were ordered (the Vienna printings) but are only seen as specimen notes. I guess, there was simply not enough time to print enough notes, nor to bring them into circulation.It was a 500 Milliard-note (500,000,000,000) and a 1 Billion-note (1,000,000,000).
or in US-scale : 500 billion and one trillion.
But no worries, by mid September, new German-printed notes were ready to be distributed ...
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| 5 kilograms of sugar ? That's 5 kilograms of millions please. |
more September notes to follow ...
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