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100 000 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Lichtenstein-Callnberg |
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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 description | Typeset note printed in red on cream paper with a double-rule border and lace-pattern frame. A large central guilloche underprint in blue-green carries the denomination in bold Fraktur blackletter across two lines; the numeral '100' appears at upper right. Issuer text, validity clause, date, serial number, and Bürgermeister signature line are set in Fraktur letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadthauptkasse Lichtenstein- Callnberg vergütet für diesen Schein Einhundert Milliarden Mark Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgtem Aufruf in den hiesigen Blättern. Lichtenstein- Callnberg, den 1. November 1923. Wer Gutscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in den Verkehr bringt, wird strafrechtlich verfolgt. Der Stadtrat. Bürgermeister. (Translation: The city treasury of Lichtenstein-Callnberg will pay for this note One hundred billion marks It loses its validity one month after publication in the local papers. Lichtenstein-Callnberg, November 1, 1923. Anyone who counterfeits or falsifies vouchers or obtains and circulates counterfeited or falsified ones will be prosecuted. The City Council. Mayor.) |
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Lichtenstein-Callnberg is a small Saxon town — today part of the municipality of Lichtenstein — and its Stadthauptkasse (municipal treasury) was among the thousands of German local authorities forced to print their own emergency notes during the hyperinflation of 1923. By the time denominations had reached one hundred billion Mark, the Reichsbank's printing infrastructure was overwhelmed, and municipalities, savings banks, and private firms were authorized to issue Notgeld to keep commerce moving at all.
The stabilization came with the introduction of the Rentenmark in November 1923, after which notes of this denomination became worthless almost immediately upon issue — many were never meaningfully circulated.