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100 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Erkelenz (District Committee of Erkelenz, Prussian Rhine Province) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 000 000 Marks (100 000 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | Umlauffähig Im Ganzen Regierungsbezirk Aachen. Gültige Bis 1. April 1924. Kreisausschub des Kreises ERKELENZ Nummer : 12732 Gutschein des Kreises Erkelenz. Einhundert Milliarden Mark zahlt die Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Erkelenz für diesen Schein. - Der Zeitpunkt der Einlösung in bar wird durch das amtliche Erkelenzer Kreisblatt bekannt gemacht. Erkelenz, den 30 Okt. 1923. Der Kreisausschuss des Kreises Erkelenz Dr. v. Reumont, Meyer, Kuester, Jansen, Jäger, Schlick, Specks. Der Vorsitzende der Finanzkommission Krapoll. Ant. Scherer, Erkelenz. |
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| Protection description | Watermark consisting of an interlaced floral pattern visible in the paper stock. |
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| Comments |
Erkelenz issued this 100-billion Mark note in late 1923, when the Reichsbank could no longer supply emergency currency fast enough to match the collapsing purchasing power of the Mark. Local administrative bodies across Prussia were authorized — or simply compelled by circumstance — to print their own Notgeld to meet payroll and daily transactions. The printer, Ant. Scherer, was a local firm with no specialist banknote background; the watermark security feature is more aspirational than functional given the production context.
Eight signatories on a single district note is unusual. It reflects the collective authority structure of the Kreisausschuss rather than any particular printing anomaly.