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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt- und Landkreis Aachen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 142 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided letterpress printing in dark green on cream paper, framed by an elaborate guilloche border with ornamental rosette corners. The issuer's title "Stadt- und Landkreis Aachen" occupies a framed panel at the top, beneath which the serial number, issue designation "Ausg. C", and denomination "Hunderttausend Mark" are set in bold blackletter type over a large pale numeric underprint of "100 000"; a block of Gothic-script text defines the note's legal validity, followed by the date "Aachen, den 20. Juli 1923", two manuscript signatures, and flanking circular official seals of the city and the Kreisausschuss. The denomination numeral "100 000" is repeated in the bottom panel. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted plain cream paper; the single-sided letterpress impression produces a pronounced show-through of the obverse design in mirror image, with the guilloche border, blackletter denomination, body text, manuscript signatures, and the "100 000" panel all faintly legible in reverse. |
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Aachen's city and district administration issued this note during the hyperinflation of 1923, when municipal and regional authorities across Germany were printing emergency currency — Notgeld — simply to meet payroll and keep commerce moving. By the time 100,000-Mark denominations were necessary, the Reichsmark was losing value faster than notes could be distributed.
The DeNG 7/8#1b reference distinguishes this from closely related variants in the same local series, differences typically involving paper stock or overprint details rather than design changes. Aachen's proximity to the Belgian border added a particular urgency to its local currency arrangements during this period, as cross-border purchasing power disparities complicated everyday trade.