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100 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Siegburg (City of Siegburg) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark brown on a khaki-yellow ground, the note is framed by a bold geometric border of interlocking zigzag motifs. The denomination "Hunderttausend Mark" is set in large Gothic blackletter script at centre, with the numeral "100000" repeated in the upper corners; below, a four-line letterpress text in Fraktur script states the voucher's acceptance at all municipal cashiers' offices and its validity until public notice of withdrawal. The date "Siegburg, 28. Juli 1923" and the manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister appear at lower centre, alongside a red serial number at lower left and a circular municipal seal of Siegburg at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über Hunderttausend Mark 100000 Dieser Gutschein wird von allen städtischen Kassen in Zahlung genommen. Er behält seine Gültigkeit bis zur Aufkündigung in den hiesigen Zeitungen. Siegburg, 28. Juli 1923 Der Bürgermeister SIEGEL DER STADT SIEGBURG |
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Siegburg's 100,000 Mark notgeld was issued during the hyperinflation of 1923, when municipal and commercial bodies across Germany were authorized to produce emergency currency because the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. B. Kühlen of Mönchengladbach was a regional printer that handled notgeld contracts for multiple Rhineland municipalities during this period — their output was functional rather than elaborate, consistent with the urgency of the commissions.
The 100,000 Mark denomination, which would have seemed astronomical in 1921, was effectively small change by mid-1923. Notes of this face value were superseded within weeks.