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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | City of Stettin (Magistrat) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset layout on cream paper within a double-rule rectangular border, with the Stettin municipal coat of arms (griffin passant crowned) centred at the top. The denomination "Einhunderttausend Mark" is set in large gothic script across the centre field, above a payment clause naming the Städtische Kämmereikasse; date "Stettin, den 11. August 1923" appears below. A red serial number is printed on a horizontally lined panel at upper right, with two manuscript facsimile signatures below, captioned "Oberbürgermeister" and "Stadtkämmerer" flanking the issuing authority legend "Der Magistrat". |
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| Obverse lettering | Ersatz-Wertzeichen Nummer Gültig bis 1 Monat nach Aufruf — Nachahmung strafbar Einhunderttausend Mark zahlt die Städtische Kämmereikasse dem Einlieferer dieses Geldscheines Stettin, den 11. August 1923 Der Magistrat Oberbürgermeister Stadtkämmerer M. Bauchwitz, Stettin. |
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Stettin's municipal authority — the Magistrat — was among hundreds of German city governments forced into emergency currency production during the hyperinflation of 1923, when Reichsbank notes were losing value faster than they could be printed. M. Bauchwitz was a local Stettin printer with no particular specialization in security printing; the city used what was available.
At 100,000 Mark, this note was already obsolete within weeks of issue — by late 1923, denominations had climbed into the billions.