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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Adorf im Vogtland |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 100.000 Gutschein Gültig nur im Bezirke der Stadt Adorf i. V. während der im amtlichen Bekanntmachungsblatte des Stadtrates bekannt gegebenen Laufzeit. Einhunderttausend Mark zahlen die städtischen Kassen zu Adorf i. V. gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines innerhalb der bekannt gegebenen Laufzeit. Der Stadtrat zu Adorf i. V. Adorf i. V., den 25. August 1923. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into two vertical panels within a dotted outer border. The left panel carries the numeral '100000' at the top, a small vignette of the Adorf civic coat of arms showing a rampant lion, and below it a forgery warning text in Fraktur script. The right panel bears a local scenic vignette of a historic town gate arch with a street view beyond and a tower visible above, overprinted with the large Fraktur denomination 'Einhunderttausend Mark'; a serial number in bold sans-serif type appears below the vignette, with a validity continuation line at the foot. |
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Adorf im Vogtland was a small textile-industry town in Saxony, and like hundreds of German municipalities in the summer of 1923, its Stadtrat was forced into emergency currency issuance when hyperinflation outpaced the Reichsbank's ability to supply legal tender in useful denominations. The 100,000 Mark face value, staggering by any prior standard, was already losing purchasing power within days of printing — by August 1923, a single loaf of bread cost multiples of what this note claimed to be worth.
Local printing meant inconsistent production quality across the Notgeld series; Adorf's issues were typically produced by small regional jobbing printers with no banknote experience.