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10 000 000 Mark Oberamt Leutkirch, overprint on 100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Amtskörperschaft Leutkirch (Oberamtssparkasse Leutkirch) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown tones on a cross-pattern guilloche underprint, the obverse carries a central vignette of an Alpine landscape with a traditional farmhouse and mountain peaks in the background, framed by stylised foliate borders on all sides. The issuer's title 'Amtskörperschaft Leutkirch' appears in Gothic script across the top banner, while the overprinted denomination 'Zehn Millionen' in large Gothic lettering supersedes the original struck-through 'Einhunderttausend' text of the underlying 100,000 Mark note. Three manuscript signatures of the Oberamtmann, Oberamtspfleger, and Sparkassendirektor appear below the payment clause dated 20 August 1923, with the serial number in series A printed at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Amtskörperschaft Leutkirch Zehn Millionen Einhunderttausend Mark zahlt die Oberamtssparkasse Leutkirch dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines Leutkirch, den 20. August 1923 Oberamtmann Oberamtspfleger Sparkassendirektor Nachahmung oder Fälschung ist strafbar |
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Leutkirch's Oberamt issued this note during the hyperinflationary spiral of late 1923, when municipal and district authorities across Württemberg were forced to improvise denominations faster than new notes could be printed. The solution here was blunt: an overprint of 10,000,000 Mark stamped onto existing 100,000 Mark stock, a hundredfold revaluation of a note that had itself only recently been considered adequate for everyday transactions.
The watermarked paper dates from an earlier, more stable print run — the security feature now almost absurdly mismatched to the note's economic irrelevance within weeks of issue.