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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Wald |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in brown and mauve on plain paper, the note is framed by an ornate guilloche border with the denomination numeral 100 000 in each corner, alternating upright and inverted. The central text panel carries the title inscription in gothic letterpress above the large denomination in bold blackletter script, followed by a two-line redemption clause and the issue date. A circular municipal seal of the Stadt Wald appears at lower left alongside a manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister, with a serial number and series letter printed at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | STADT MARK 100 000 MARK WALD Nachahmung strafbar Stlofreshoff Solingen. |
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Wald was an industrial town in the Bergisches Land, absorbed into the city of Solingen by municipal merger in 1929 — so the issuing authority on this note no longer exists as an administrative entity. The note belongs to the vast German Notgeld inflation wave of 1923, when municipal and commercial bodies across the Reich printed emergency currency to meet payroll as the Reichsmark collapsed faster than the Reichsbank could supply notes. At its worst, 100,000 Mark would buy a loaf of bread for a matter of days before becoming worthless.
The printer, listed in some references as Stlofreshoff of Solingen, was a local firm serving regional municipal clients — Wald was geographically adjacent to Solingen, making the choice practical rather than incidental.