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| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Hardenberg-Neviges |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Nr. M 100.000000.- Die Städtische Sparkasse Hardenberg-Neviges wolle zahlen gegen diesen Scheck aus unserm Guthaben an Inhaber oder Überbringer die Summe von Mark Hundert Millionen ooo Einlösungsfrist bis zum 31. Oktober 1923. ooo Neviges, den 20. Aug. 1923. Stadtkasse Hardenberg-Neviges 100 Millionen |
| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, presenting a plain cream paper surface with no vignette, text, or ornamental elements; show-through of the obverse letterpress impression is visible under close examination. |
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Hardenberg-Neviges was a small industrial town in the Bergisches Land, and its municipal savings bank — the Städtische Sparkasse — was among hundreds of local German institutions forced to issue their own emergency currency in 1923 as Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than Berlin could print replacements. At the hundred-million-mark denomination, this note was already obsolete within days of issue; by November 1923, a single US dollar exchanged for over four trillion marks.
L. Syring was a local printer, not a specialist security firm. The technical limitations of such a press show in surviving examples.