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100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 MILLIONEN MARK Reihe D Millionen Mark NOTGELD für den Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen Ausgegeben von dem Stadt- und Landkreise Gelsenkirchen mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministers. Gelsenkirchen, den 21. Juli 1923. Der Oberbürgermeister Der Kreisausschuß Kreisdeputierter |
| Reverse description | Plain cream-toned reverse printed in dark green, with a faint guilloche underprint. The issuer name 'Stadt- und Landkreis Gelsenkirchen' is set in large serif type at the centre top, flanked on each side by a stylised denomination mark reading '100 MILLIONEN' in bold block lettering. A centred paragraph of legal text in Roman type states the note's redemption conditions and invalidation terms. |
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One of dozens of Notgeld issues flooding out of the Ruhr in mid-1923, this 100-million Mark note was produced as French and Belgian occupation forces controlled the region's rail and coal infrastructure. The Reichsbank could not physically distribute currency fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation, leaving municipal and district authorities to fill the gap with locally printed emergency issues. Gelsenkirchen, as a major coal-producing center, was particularly exposed — wages for mine workers had to be paid on time, in whatever denominations could be printed fast enough to retain any purchasing power at all.
By the time notes of this denomination were being cut and signed, the figure had already become nearly meaningless within days of issue.