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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Bad Ems (City of Bad Ems) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 175 × 105 mm |
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| Obverse description | The face of this Notgeld Kassenschein is divided into three vertical zones: a vignette of the Wasserturm (water tower) on the left and a vignette of the Konkordiaturm on the right, flanking a central text panel. The denomination and issuing authority are printed in letterpress, with the redemption conditions and date of issue set out in smaller type below. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Bad Ems Hunderttausend Mark Dieser Kassenschein wird bei der Stadtkasse Bad Ems eingelöst. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Auskündigung in der Emser Tageszeitung. Bad Ems, den 27. Juli 1923. Der Magistrat: (Unterschrift) № 19080 (Seriennummer) (Translation: City of Bad Ems One Hundred Thousand Marks This receipt is redeemable at the Bad Ems City Treasury. It expires one month after its publication in the Emser daily newspaper. Bad Ems, July 27, 1923. The City Council: (Signature) No. 19080 (Serial Number)) |
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Bad Ems was among hundreds of German municipalities that printed their own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923 — Notgeld in the truest sense, issued because Reichsbank notes simply couldn't be produced fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. At 100,000 Mark, this note was already obsolete within weeks of issue; by November 1923 the denomination would have been laughably insufficient against a dollar rate that reached 4.2 trillion Marks.
Local printer Sommer handling the job in-house was typical of the period's chaos — municipal authorities worked with whoever was available.