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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Höhscheid |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Walther Stöpfgeshoff, Solingen |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein der Stadt Höhscheid Hunderttausend Mark 100.000 Höhscheid, 7.Aug.1923. Der Bürgermeister : Dieser Gutschein wird von allen Kassen der Stadtgemeinde Höhscheid eingelöst; er verliert seine Gültigkeit nach Aufkündigung in den Solinger Zeitungen. (Translation: Voucher of the City of Höhscheid One Hundred Thousand Marks 100,000 Höhscheid, 7 Aug. 1923. The Mayor: This voucher will be redeemed by all cash offices of the city municipality of Höhscheid; it loses its validity after announcement in the Solingen newspapers.) |
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| Reverse lettering | Stadtgemeinde Höhscheid 100.000 Mark Stadt Höhscheid Nachahmung strafbar. (Translation: Municipality Höhscheid 100,000 Marks City of Höhscheid Imitation punishable.) |
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Höhscheid was an independent municipality in the Bergisches Land, administratively separate from Solingen until their forced consolidation in 1929. This note was issued during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when German municipal governments — Städte and Gemeinden alike — printed emergency currency (Notgeld) by the millions simply to meet weekly payroll. The Reichsbank could not supply enough physical notes fast enough, so local authorities contracted whatever printers were available locally.
Walther Stöpfgeshoff operated out of Solingen, the cutlery and blade manufacturing center just kilometers from Höhscheid, which explains the printer choice. By the time 100,000 Mark notes were circulating, the denomination was already nearly worthless.