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100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce, Glauchau, Germany |
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| Obverse description | Typographically printed Notgeld on light blue guilloche underprint with a red scalloped border running the full perimeter. The denomination "Einhundert Millionen Mark" is set in large Gothic blackletter script at centre within an ornate cartouche of interlacing guilloche rosettes, with the numeral "100 000 000 M." and the word "Gutschein" printed in letterpress at upper left alongside a serial number. Two manuscript signatures of the Amtshauptmann and Bezirkskassierer appear at the foot, flanking their respective title inscriptions in Gothic script, with the issuing authority and date "Stollberg i. E., 1. September 1923" printed below the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 000 000 M. Gutschein Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. zahlt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines Einhundert Millionen Mark Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgtem Aufruf in den Blättern des Stollberger Bezirkes. Stollberg i. E., 1. September 1923. Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. Amtshauptmann. Bezirkskassierer. RATS-DRUCKEREI GLAUCHAU |
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Stollberg was a district administrative body in the Erzgebirge region of Saxony, and like hundreds of similar local authorities in 1923, it was compelled to print its own emergency currency when the Reichsbank could no longer supply denominations large enough to meet daily wage and retail demands. The 100-million-Mark face value dates this note to the autumn phase of the hyperinflation, when that sum would buy perhaps a loaf of bread.
Rats-Druckerei R. Dulce in nearby Glauchau was a commercial print shop pressed into monetary service — no specialist security printer, no intaglio, no anti-counterfeiting measures worth mentioning. By that point, forgery was economically pointless anyway.