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100 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt- und Landkreis Hagen in Westfalen |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Value | 100 Mark |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a large red numeral '100' in bold typographic style, with the two zeros serving as circular frames enclosing hand-drawn vignettes: the left zero contains a scene of armed figures in motion, the centre circle a crouching nude male figure in a landscape, and the right zero a second figure among foliage. The background is filled with an intricate scrollwork underprint in brown. Below the numeral, a line of Low German dialect verse is printed, followed by a two-column authorisation text referencing the Reichs-Finanzminister decree of 2 October 1922 and the issuance date of 15 October 1922, with three manuscript facsimile signatures at the foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | KÜONING LUSTIK WOLL VERSCHNUOWEN SICK/HA SICK INT WIENBAD LAGGT: "SCHMIED'NE RUT/VERDAMMT UN DONNERKIEL!" HETT DAO DE HAG'NER SAGGT. „GENEHMIGUNG ZUR AUSGABE DIESES NOTGELDES ERTEILT DURCH ERLASS DES REICHS=FINANZMINISTERS VOM 2.OKTOBER 1922 V.C.2575? HAGEN DEN 15.OKTOBER 1922 DER OBERBÜRGERMEISTER. DER KREISAUSSCHUSS DES LANDKREISES HAGEN |
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Hagen's municipal authority issued this note as part of the broader Notgeld wave that swept German cities and districts in 1922, when chronic coin shortages and runaway inflation made Reichsbank currency functionally useless for everyday transactions. Stadt- und Landkreis Hagen — covering both the city and its surrounding rural district — had the administrative standing to issue jointly, which was less common than purely municipal issues and reflects the particular governance structure of Westphalian kreise.
By late 1923, hyperinflation had rendered 100 Mark notes like this one worthless within days of issue. Circulation periods were measured in hours at the peak.