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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is framed by a double-rule border with a fine-line vertical-stripe underprint throughout. Two full-length letterpress vignettes of standing male figures occupy the left and right lateral panels — the playwright Karl Leberecht Immermann on the left and the composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy on the right, each identified by a caption below. The central field carries the Gothic-script heading 'Stadt Düsseldorf' above the bold denomination legend 'MARK HUNDERTTAUSEND MARK' and the numeral '100 000' in large shadowed figures at the foot. |
| Reverse lettering | Stadt Düsseldorf MARK HUNDERT- TAUSEND MARK 100 000 IMMERMANN MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY Reihe 1 |
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This note belongs to the Notgeld emergency currency phenomenon of Weimar hyperinflation — specifically the Großnotgeld phase of 1923, when municipal and commercial issuers flooded Germany with high-denomination paper because the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet demand. Düsseldorf, as a major Rhineland industrial city under French and Belgian occupation since January 1923, faced the additional pressure of the Ruhr occupation disrupting normal economic activity and supply chains.
By the time 100,000 Mark notes were necessary, the denomination would become almost worthless within weeks of issue.