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100 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Lörrach |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned note with a pale ochre guilloche vignette at centre and a faint figural underprint spanning the full field. The issuer title 'Stadtgemeinde Lörrach.' is set in bold Gothic blackletter at the top, with the denomination '100 Milliarden Mark' repeated in large blackletter numerals at upper left and upper right. The central text 'Gutschein über Hundert Milliarden Mark' is printed in bold red Gothic script, with the validity clause 'Gültig bis zum Aufruf' below in black. The lower portion carries the place-and-date inscription 'Lörrach, 20. Oktober 1923', a serial number in red at lower left, a circular red ink stamp of the Stadtgemeinde Lörrach bearing a heraldic shield at centre, and the facsimile signature of the Oberbürgermeister at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and presents as plain cream paper, showing a full bleed show-through of the obverse design in mirror image due to the thin stock, including the red guilloche vignette, the Fraktur denominations, and the circular municipal stamp visible in pale pink. |
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Lörrach's municipal emergency money reached this denomination — one hundred billion marks — in October 1923, when the Reichsmark was collapsing so fast that local authorities could not wait for Berlin to supply adequate currency. The Stadtgemeinde issued it through Carl Haas's local print shop, a practical arrangement that characterised Notgeld production across southwestern Germany during the hyperinflation peak.
The official stamp served as the primary authentication device — essentially all that separated a valid note from a forgery, given the minimal production standards involved.