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100 000 Mark Leutkirch
| Issuer | Stadtpflege Leutkirch (Oberamtsstadt Leutkirch im Allgäu) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note is occupied by a detailed pen-and-ink style vignette of a medieval tower with an onion-domed church behind it, surrounded by trees, with the serial number printed below. To the right, the issuing authority's name appears at the top in Gothic script, followed by the note designation "Stadtkassenschein" and the denomination "Einhundertttausend Mark" in large blackletter type; below, a payment clause references the Stadtpflege in Leutkirch, the numeral "100.000" is set in bold, an anti-counterfeiting warning follows, and the issue date "Leutkirch, den 21. August 1923" is given with two manuscript signatures beneath the printed titles "Stadtschultheiß" and "Stadtpfleger". |
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| Obverse lettering | Oberamtsstadt Leutkirch im Allgäu Stadtkassenschein Einhunderttausend Mark zahlt die Stadtpflege in Leutkirch dem Einlieferer dieses Kassenscheins 100.000 Nachahmung oder Fälschung ist strafbar Leutkirch, den 21. August 1923 Stadtschultheiß Stadtpfleger |
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Leutkirch im Allgäu was a small Württemberg market town with no business issuing currency — yet in 1923 it had little choice. The Reichsbank's inability to supply adequate banknotes during the hyperinflationary spiral forced thousands of German municipalities, savings banks, and commercial firms to print their own emergency money, Notgeld, to meet payroll and basic commerce. The Stadtpflege, the municipal treasury office, acted as issuer here rather than a private printer or local chamber.
Local production kept costs down but quality variable. Paper and ink supplies were themselves subject to inflation, which is why some Allgäu issues from this period show rushed printing and inconsistent registration.