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100 000 Mark Landstuhl, Bezirksamtsaußenstelle
| Issuer | Bezirksamtsaußenstelle Landstuhl (Bayer. Bezirksamt Kaiserslautern) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Austere Notgeld voucher executed in dark blue-black letterpress on cream paper, with the issuing authority 'Bezirksamtsaußenstelle Landstuhl.' set in bold type at the top and the denomination 'Einhunderttausend Mark.' in large display type to the right. The issue date 'Landstuhl, den 13. Aug. 1923' and a serial number appear below the denomination, while a circular inked official stamp of the Bayer. Bezirksamt Kaiserslautern, Aussenstelle Landstuhl, bearing the Bavarian lozenge arms, is applied to the lower left alongside a manuscript authorisation signature. Validity and redemption conditions are printed vertically along the left margin, and a coverage declaration runs vertically along the right margin. |
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| Protection description | Circular inked official stamp of the Bayer. Bezirksamt Kaiserslautern, Aussenstelle Landstuhl, with the Bavarian lozenge arms at centre, applied to the obverse; accompanied by a manuscript authorisation signature. |
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Landstuhl was administratively subordinate to the Bezirksamt Kaiserslautern, making this one of the more bureaucratically indirect Notgeld issues of the 1923 hyperinflation — an outlying office of a district authority issuing emergency currency in its own name rather than the parent body's. At the peak of the inflation, such sub-municipal and sub-district issuers proliferated out of simple necessity: denominations became obsolete within days, and waiting for centralized authorization was not practical.
The official stamp serves as the primary authentication device, a common solution when specialized printing resources were unavailable at the local level.