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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Kiel (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Firm cream paper with a reddish-brown letterpress frame and text block. No serial number, issue date, or validity date printed; a manuscript signature in black ink (Wollf) appears in the designated field. An embossed dry seal is applied to the lower left corner. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 MILLIONEN MARK zahlt die Stadt Kiel an Sämtlichen Städtischen Kassen gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines. Der Magistrat Kiel Ausgefertigt: |
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| Comments |
Kiel's municipal administration — like hundreds of German cities in 1923 — was forced to print its own emergency currency as the Reichsmark collapsed into hyperinflation. By the time denominations reached eight figures, the notes were functionally worthless within days of issue; the 10,000,000 Mark face value, staggering on paper, would have bought little more than a loaf of bread at the peak of the crisis that summer and autumn.
C. Handorff was a local Kiel printer, not a specialist security firm, which accounts for the relatively modest production — a watermarked paper being the sole concession to anti-counterfeiting. The designer credit "H.P. 1923" remains unattributed in most reference literature.