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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Gewerbebanken Balingen, Ebingen & Tailfingen and Oberamtssparkasse Balingen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Mk. 100.000.- Einhunderttausend Mark in deutscher Reichswährung vergüten die unterzeichneten Banken dem Vorzeiger dieser Anweisung Ebingen, den 13. August 1923. Die Gewerbebanken in Balingen Ebingen Tailfingen Die Oberamtssparkasse Balingen mit Zweigstellen in Ebingen & Tailfingen Es wird gebeten, während der Zeit der Geldknappheit diese Anweisung in Zahlung zu nehmen. (Translation: Mk. 100,000.- One hundred thousand Marks in German Reich currency will be paid by the undersigned banks to the bearer of this note Ebingen, August 13, 1923. The commercial banks in Balingen Ebingen Tailfingen The District Savings Bank Balingen with branches in Ebingen & Tailfingen It is requested that, during the period of monetary shortage, this note be accepted for payment.) |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted cream paper reverse, showing only the bleed-through impression of the obverse letterpress text. No distinct design, lettering, or vignette elements are present on this side. |
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Three separate institutions — the Gewerbebanken of Balingen, Ebingen, and Tailfingen, alongside the Oberamtssparkasse Balingen — issued this note jointly, an unusual cooperative arrangement driven purely by the practical collapse of the Reichsbank's ability to supply sufficient currency during the hyperinflation peak of 1923. Local chambers, savings banks, and municipal bodies across Württemberg were issuing their own emergency Notgeld at this point simply to keep wage payments moving.
The 100,000 Mark denomination, which would have seemed extraordinary just months earlier, was already losing ground to inflation before most of these notes had finished circulating.