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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreis Kempen (District of Kempen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 100 000 Mark (100 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | KREIS KEMPEN Hundert Tausend Mark zahlen gegen diesen Schein dem Einlieferer sämtliche Kassen des Kreiskommunalverbändes Kempen sowie der Gemeinden im Kreise Kempen während der Umlaufszeit. Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit nach Ablauf von vier Wochen nach Aufruf in den im Kreise erscheinenden Zeitungen. Kempen Rh. den 1. Aug. 1923 Der Landrat |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed in the same blue-grey tone, enclosed within a multi-line ornamental border of repeating geometric and foliate motifs. The numeral denomination 100,000 appears twice in small type within cartouches at the upper left and upper right corners, while a large bold 100,000 is contained in a central oval panel. Below the oval, the word MARK is set in a rectangular label, beneath which a further panel carries the authorisation inscription. A serial number prefix letter and numerals appear at the foot of the note. |
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Kempen is a small town in the Lower Rhine region, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1923, its district administration was forced into emergency currency issuance as hyperinflation outpaced the Reichsbank's ability to supply usable denominations. The 100,000 Mark figure, staggering by any peacetime standard, had become functionally equivalent to small change by mid-1923 — within weeks of issue, notes at this level were being used to buy a loaf of bread, if that.
Notgeld at this denomination tier was typically printed on whatever paper stock the local authority could source quickly. Kempen's issues are not among the more elaborately produced examples of the crisis period.