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100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Pirmasens |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 000 Mark (100 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Typographically printed Notgeld voucher on cream paper with a two-colour (black and red) geometric border of interlocking diamond guilloche patterns. The centre field carries large red guilloché numerals '100' flanked by decorative red ornamental initials, above the denomination 'Millionen Mark' set in bold blackletter script; the issuer 'STADTGEMEINDE PIRMASENS' appears in block capitals beneath. At lower left, the date 'PIRMASENS DEN 17. SEPTEMBER 23.' is printed alongside the circular municipal seal of Pirmasens, with the authority line 'DAS BÜRGERMEISTERAMT' and two manuscript signatures to the right; a vertical serial number and series designation 'REIHE Aa' are overprinted in blue-violet on the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 100 Millionen Mark STADTGEMEINDE PIRMASENS PIRMASENS DEN 17. SEPTEMBER 23. DAS BÜRGERMEISTERAMT DER ZEITPUNKT DER EINLÖSUNG WIRD ÖFFENTLICH BEKANNTGEGEBEN REIHE Aa |
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Pirmasens, a shoe-manufacturing town in the Palatinate, issued its own emergency currency during the hyperinflation peak of 1923 — this 100-million-mark denomination being among the more extreme examples of how quickly the Reichsmark's purchasing power collapsed that autumn. By the time notes like this reached circulation, the figures printed on them were obsolete within days.
Municipal issues of this type were printed locally under severe time pressure, and quality control was not a priority. Pirmasens produced multiple overprint and handstamp variants across its notgeld series as denominations were revised upward repeatedly between August and November 1923.