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100 000 000 Mark Schorndorf; Bankhaus Carl Hahn
| Issuer | Bankhaus Carl Hahn & Co., Schorndorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset notgeld cheque-format note printed in black on plain white paper, entirely without pictorial vignette. The face carries a fine guilloche underprint of interlocking geometric rosettes. The serial number box appears upper left, with the denomination in bold Gothic script at centre; a circular violet ink-stamp of the issuer flanks a manuscript signature at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse is unprinted, showing only the blind impression of the obverse letterpress text visible in mirror image through the thin paper stock, with no additional design, text, or security features applied. |
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Bankhaus Carl Hahn & Co. was a private commercial bank operating out of Schorndorf, a small Württemberg town southeast of Stuttgart. Like hundreds of similar regional institutions during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, it was authorized under emergency provisions to issue Notgeld denominated in the astronomical figures that had become routine by mid-year. A 100-million-Mark note, incomprehensible a decade earlier, was by August 1923 barely sufficient for a loaf of bread.
Private bank issues of this magnitude are notably scarcer than municipal Notgeld from the same period — fewer were printed, distribution was narrower, and institutional collapse or merger often meant remaining stocks were never formally redeemed.