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10 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Gotha (City of Gotha, Thuringia) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 10 000 Mark (10 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | 10000 M Notgeld der Stadt Gotha Zehn Tausend Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen und von der Bank für Thüringen vorm. B. M. Strupp Akt.-Ges. Filiale Gotha, der Commerz- und Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft Filiale Gotha, der Deutschen Bank Filiale Gotha, der Gewerbe- und Landwirtschaftsbank e. G. m. b. H. Gotha, dem Hofbankhaus Gebr. Goldschmidt und dem Hofbankhaus Max Mueller zur Gutschrift angenommen * Er verliert seine Gültigkeit, wenn er nicht innerhalb 14 Tagen nach öffentlicher Aufforderung des Stadtdirektors zur Einlösung bei obigen Banken vorgelegt wird. Gotha, den 8. Februar 1923. Der Stadtdirektor Oberbürgermeister. ST. GOTH HAR DVS |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld 10 000 M 10 000 10000 10 000 M 10 000 Stadt Gotha |
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Gotha's municipal administration — like hundreds of German cities in 1923 — was forced into the paper money business by the collapse of Reichsbank supply chains during the hyperinflationary spiral. The Hofbuchdruckerei, the court printing house in Gotha, had the equipment and the local mandate; the result was emergency Notgeld denominated in figures that would have been unthinkable eighteen months earlier.
Dr. Meffert's signature as Oberbürgermeister gave the note what legal standing it had — municipal authority substituting for central banking infrastructure that had effectively ceased to function for everyday transactions.