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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Haan (City of Haan) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 Mark (100 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark green on pale paper, the obverse is framed by an ornate letterpress border of scrolling acanthus and rocaille cartouches enclosing the denomination numeral '100.000' in solid white lettering on dark oval tablets at top and bottom. The centre carries the issuing authority in Gothic Fraktur script followed by the denomination 'Hunderttausend Mark' in large display lettering, above a three-line redemption clause and a two-line validity notice, all in Fraktur; the issue date 'Haan, den 5. Aug. 1923' and the designation 'Der Bürgermeister:' appear at lower centre above a manuscript mayoral signature. A vertical serial number and series letter are printed in black along the right margin, with the printer's imprint in small roman type at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Wir hatten einst ein schönes Vaterland In welchem Notgeld war ganz unbekannt. Wenn Fried und Eintracht kehret wirklich ein, Wird dieser Schein nicht mehr im Umlauf sein. |
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Haan is a small town in the Bergisches Land district of North Rhine-Westphalia, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1923, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when hyperinflation made Reichsbank notes functionally worthless faster than they could be distributed. The 100,000 Mark denomination, staggering by any prewar measure, was already losing purchasing power within days of issue by mid-1923.
Printing was handled locally by Offsetdruck Schreiber & Fey in nearby Solingen, a practical choice during a period when transport delays alone could render a note's face value obsolete before delivery.