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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadt Mülheim an der Ruhr zahlt dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines EinhundertTausend Mark Der Schein wird innerhalb eines Monats nach Aufruf im Kreisblatt von Mülheim-Ruhr eingelöst. Mülheim a.d.Ruhr, Den 14. Juli 1923 Der Oberbürgermeister 100000 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Mülheim an der Ruhr was one of hundreds of German municipalities that took paper currency into their own hands during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet demand. These Notgeld issues were emergency instruments, authorised locally and redeemable — in theory — through the issuing town's treasury. By mid-1923, 100,000 Mark was already a trivial sum, worth less each day it sat unspent.
The watermarked paper suggests procurement from a commercial stationer rather than a specialist security printer — a detail that tells you something about the chaos of the period and the speed at which these notes had to be produced.