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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Stormarn, Wandsbek |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typeset in Fraktur blackletter throughout, with a central red guilloche underprint bearing a vignette of two storks facing each other with wings spread. Denomination "Einhunderttausend Mark" in large bold Gothic script overlays the underprint, flanked by numeral "100000" at left and right. Six handwritten signatures appear at the foot, with a decorative border of interlocking oval and dot motifs enclosing the entire face. |
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| Reverse description | Plain cream paper with show-through of obverse Fraktur text visible as a ghost underprint. Two circular violet official ink stamps applied by hand: the left stamp reads "Kreisausschuss des Kreises Stormarn" around a heraldic eagle, and the right reads "Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Stormarn" around a matching eagle device. |
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Kreisausschuss des Kreises Stormarn was the administrative committee of Stormarn district, one of hundreds of local German authorities forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation of 1923 when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical notes to meet demand. Wandsbek, then still an independent city bordering Hamburg, was absorbed into Hamburg proper in 1937 — which gives this note a slightly unusual issuer identity, tied to a municipal geography that no longer exists.
Hartung & Co. in Hamburg handled a significant volume of Notgeld printing for regional clients during this period. At 100,000 Mark, this denomination reflects mid-1923 inflation levels, before the autumn collapse that pushed figures into the billions.