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100 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisamt Bingen (District Office of Bingen, Hesse) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain cream-coloured ground with a large pale red underprint numeral '100' at centre. A vertical left panel in red carries the circulation and validity inscription within a guilloche-bordered rectangle. Lower left bears the district coat of arms showing an equestrian figure within a shield. The denomination 'Hundert Millionen Mark' is set in bold red letterpress, with black typeset text for issuer title, conditions, and date. |
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| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse on plain cream paper, showing only bleed-through of the obverse letterpress text. No design elements, vignettes, or inscriptions are present on this side. |
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Kreisamt Bingen issued this note at the absolute peak of German hyperinflation — by the time 100,000,000 Mark denominations were necessary, the Reichsbank was so overwhelmed that hundreds of local authorities, municipalities, and private firms were licensed to print their own emergency currency, collectively known as Notgeld. Pekarek was a local print shop, not a security printer, and the limitations of that show in the comparatively simple production.
The Rentenmark reform of November 1923 rendered the entire series worthless within weeks of issue.