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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Wimpfen a.N. (City of Wimpfen on the Neckar) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 Mark (100 000) |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note carries the issuer heading 'Stadt Wimpfen a.N.' above the large denomination inscription 'Gutschein über Hunderttausend Mark' in bold letterpress. A vignette on the right side illustrates the Gothic spires and half-timbered buildings of Wimpfen in a fine line-engraved style. The lower right corner bears the facsimile signature of the Bürgermeister above a decorative border of guilloche ornaments framing the entire note. |
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| Reverse lettering | Wimpfen a.N. Solbad und Luftkurort 100000 |
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Wimpfen am Neckar — a small medieval town in Württemberg — was among the hundreds of German municipalities forced to print their own emergency currency during the hyperinflationary spiral of 1923. The Reichsbank simply could not produce notes fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power, so local authorities stepped in under emergency decree. A 100,000 Mark denomination that would have seemed absurd in 1921 was routine small change by mid-1923.
Reinhold C. & S. in Heilbronn handled production for several regional Notgeld issuers during this period, which explains the watermarked stock — a modest security measure that most municipal printers skipped entirely.