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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis Moers (District of Moers) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark brown on a pale ochre ground and centres on a large oval guilloche panel bearing the numeral "100 000" in bold outline figures. Three heraldic shields are arranged around the central panel: the arms of the Rhineland (with three chevrons) at left, a tower motif at right, and at top the crossed keys of the district arms, while a fourth shield at the base bears a seated ecclesiastical figure. Symmetrical fan-shaped lathe-work scrolls fill the corners and lateral fields, with "KREIS MOERS" lettered across the top and "100 000 MARK" along the bottom border. |
| Reverse lettering | KREIS MOERS 100 000 100 000 MARK |
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Kreis Moers issued this note during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when German municipal and district authorities were legally permitted — and practically forced — to print their own emergency currency (Notgeld) to meet payroll and daily commerce demands. The Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical notes fast enough as denominations spiraled upward. L. Schwann in Düsseldorf was a well-established printing and publishing house, not a specialist banknote printer, which was entirely typical for third-tier Notgeld contracts at this stage of the crisis.
By mid-1923, a 100,000 Mark note was worth only a fraction of what a 1,000 Mark note had purchased twelve months earlier. Most Kreis-level issues circulated briefly before being superseded by higher denominations within weeks.