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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Zwenkau (Girokasse Zwenkau) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 100,000.- Mk. Die Girokasse Zwenkau wolle zahlen gegen diesen Scheck aus unserem Guthaben an uns selbst oder Ueberbringer Hunderttausend Mark. Zwenkau, 15. August 1923. Stadtgemeinde Zwenkau. Nur zur Verrechnung! |
| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially unprinted, showing the obverse text bleeding through the thin paper in mirror image. A decorative scrollwork border, matching that of the obverse, frames the otherwise plain cream field. A handwritten inscription in red ink is visible near the upper right corner. |
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Zwenkau is a small town south of Leipzig, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1923, it issued its own emergency currency — Notgeld — when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical notes to keep pace with hyperinflation. The 100,000 Mark denomination, which would have seemed unthinkable two years earlier, was already being overtaken by new printings in the millions and billions by autumn of that year. Local girokassen, essentially municipal giro payment offices, were given authority to issue these notes to meet immediate payroll and retail demand.
Locally printed Notgeld of this period frequently shows inconsistent ink coverage and uneven impression — a function of using commercial job printers not equipped for currency work, not a defect specific to individual notes.