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100 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Frankfurt am Main (City of Frankfurt am Main) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | J. Neumann, Frankfurt am Main |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld voucher printed in dark green on pale green guilloche-patterned paper, with the issuer legend in Gothic (Fraktur) script at top centre and the denomination in large bold Gothic type dominating the centre field. Two serial numbers in red appear at upper right and lower left, each followed by an asterisk control mark. A two-line redemption clause in smaller Gothic type is set below the denomination, with the place and date at lower left and the authorising body at lower right, accompanied by two manuscript facsimile signatures. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse printed entirely in green, with an elaborate rosette guilloche underprint at centre incorporating the large numeral '100' flanked by the currency abbreviation 'M' on each side, and the word 'MARK' inscribed above and below the numeral. The denomination figure '100' also appears diagonally in each of the four corners of the border. A single-line legend in Gothic script runs across the top margin. |
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Frankfurt am Main was among the many German municipal authorities forced into emergency currency issuance as the Reichsbank's printing capacity collapsed under hyperinflationary pressure in 1922. This 100 Mark note is Notgeld in the broader sense — not the collectible small-denomination town notes of 1918–1921, but the serious emergency money of a city trying to keep local commerce moving as banknotes depreciated faster than they could be printed and distributed.
J. Neumann was a local Frankfurt printer, not a specialist security printer, which is worth noting when examining paper and ink quality on surviving examples.