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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Hannover (City Treasury of Hanover) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 Mark (100 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper, the note is framed by an intricate guilloche border with ornate corner medallions and interlocking rosette patterns. The heading 'Kassenanweisung' appears in bold blackletter script at the top, above a text block stating the issuing authority and redemption terms, with the denomination 'Hunderttausend Mark' rendered in large blackletter type across the centre flanked by two '100 / Tausend' panels. The date 'Hannover, den 31. Juli 1923' and the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat' appear at the lower centre, below which two manuscript signatures are present, with the printer's imprint 'Gebrüder Jänecke, Hannover' along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Kassenanweisung. Die Stadthaupt-Kasse Hannover zahlt gegen diese Anweisung bis einschließlich 6. August 1923 den Betrag von Hunderttausend Mark 100 Tausend Hannover, den 31. Juli 1923. Der Magistrat. Kontrolle: Eggers GEBRÜDER JÄNECKE, HANNOVER |
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Hannover's city treasury issued this 100,000 Mark note during the acute phase of German hyperinflation, when municipal authorities across the country were printing their own emergency currency — Notgeld — simply to keep commerce moving. By mid-1923, the Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough to match the collapsing purchasing power of the mark, so cities, towns, and even private firms filled the gap with locally authorized paper.
Gebrüder Jänecke was a well-established Hannover printing house with a long background in quality commercial and securities printing, which made them a natural choice for the city's own treasury. The embossed stamp served as the primary authentication device — a low-cost security measure appropriate to paper that would likely be worthless within weeks of issue.