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100 000 000 Mark Landkreis Bonn
| Issuer | Landkreis Bonn (Kreis-Ausschuss) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 145 x 85 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN UBER 100 MILLIONEN MARK LANDKREIS BONN Wird von allen öffentlichen Kassen in Zahlung genommen – Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufkündigung in den im Stadt- und Landkreise Bonn erscheinenden Zeitungen / Der Landkreis Bonn haftet für seine Einlösung Bonn, 1. Oktober 1923 Der Kreis-Ausschuss: i.V. Kreis-Deputierter SERIE C Umlaufsfähig im ganzen Regierungsbezirk Köln Gültig bis zum 1. April 1924 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in dark red on plain paper and occupies the full note area with a large scenic vignette in a fine line-engraved style. At lower left, a narrow-gauge steam tram ('Feurige Elias') is shown in motion through a valley landscape, while at right a standing male figure in working attire leans on a tool, surveying the panoramic view of the Vorgebirge hills and a church-steepled town below. The composition is enclosed by a simple ruled border with wave-scroll ornaments at the lateral margins, and bold letterpress inscriptions run across the top and bottom edges. |
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Landkreis Bonn — the rural administrative district surrounding the city, distinct from the municipal government — issued this note under emergency powers during the hyperinflation peak of autumn 1923, when the Reichsbank could not supply currency fast enough to meet payroll and basic commerce. The Kreis-Ausschuss, essentially a county executive committee, had no tradition of note issuance; it was pressed into it by circumstance. Notgeld at this denomination level was obsolete almost immediately after printing — by November 1923, a hundred million marks bought almost nothing.
Locally printed issues from district-level authorities rather than municipal or savings bank issuers are less common in Rhineland Notgeld collecting.