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100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Landkreise Düren, Euskirchen, Jülich, Schleiden, Stolberg-Eschweiler (Prussian Rhine Province) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 000 Mark (100 000 000) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in dark brown on plain paper, the reverse carries a dense guilloche underprint formed by repeated district name text arranged in horizontal bands across the entire field. At centre, a circular medallion encloses the numeral "100" above the word "MILLIONEN." in bold serif type, framed by a laurel wreath held aloft by two winged putti standing on either side. The names of the issuing districts arc along the upper border, while ornate corner rosettes and a fine rectangular outer border complete the design. |
| Reverse lettering | DÜREN·EUSKIRCHEN·JÜLICH·SCHLEIDEN·STOLBERG·ESCHWEILER 100 MILLIONEN. |
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This note belongs to the extraordinary proliferation of emergency currency — Notgeld — issued by German municipalities and districts during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsmark lost value so rapidly that local authorities were forced to print their own denominations simply to enable daily commerce. By August and September of that year, payroll runs required wheelbarrows of notes, and denominations climbed from thousands to billions within weeks.
The joint issuance across five Prussian Rhineland administrative districts — Düren, Euskirchen, Jülich, Schleiden, and Stolberg-Eschweiler — reflects a practical regional coordination that was fairly unusual. Most Notgeld was issued by single municipalities acting alone.