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100 000 000 000 Marks Kreis Borken
| Issuer | Kreis Borken (Westfalen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Typeset Notgeld on cream paper with an ochre-yellow guilloche underprint forming the central panel. The large denomination "Einhundert Milliarden Mark" is set in bold Gothic letterpress across the centre, with a large numeral "100" as underprint. A left stub carries the serial number and denomination vertically; an official manuscript signature appears at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 Milliarden Mark Notgeld des Kreises Borken i. Westf. Einhundert Milliarden Mark Ausgegeben mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministers vom Kreis Borken (Westfalen) Borken i. Westf., den 26. Okt.1923. Namens des Kreises Borken: Der Kreisausschuss (Translation: 100 Billion Marks Emergency money of the district of Borken in Westphalia One hundred billion marks Issued with the approval of the Reich Minister of Finance by the district of Borken (Westphalia) Borken in Westphalia, October 26, 1923. On behalf of the district of Borken: The District Committee) |
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Kreis Borken was one of dozens of German district administrations forced into emergency currency production during the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when the Reichsmark was collapsing fast enough that denominations measured in hundreds of billions became briefly practical before being obsolete within days. At the note's issue date, a hundred billion marks would buy roughly what a few pfennigs had purchased five years earlier.
Westphalian Notgeld at this denomination tier was typically printed locally on short notice, often on whatever paper stock the issuer could source — which is why paper quality and impression consistency vary considerably within the same series.