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100 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Reichshauptstadt Berlin |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The left half of the note is occupied by a large intaglio vignette of the heraldic bear of Berlin set within a shield, framed by a green geometric guilloche border with diamond and floral ornaments repeated throughout. The denomination "Hundert Mark" is rendered in heavy Gothic blackletter script at centre right, above the issuance details and two manuscript signatures. Red serial numbers appear vertically on both side margins, and a small anti-counterfeiting warning text is printed in fine letterpress at the lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The entire face of the reverse is occupied by a detailed historical cartographic vignette reproducing a seventeenth-century bird's-eye plan of the twin towns of Berlin and Cölln as they appeared in 1648, with the River Spree clearly visible running through the centre of the engraved map. A repeating typeset border of "100 MARK" surrounds the composition on all four sides, interspersed with the same green guilloche ornamental elements found on the obverse. The title inscription in Gothic script is set across the upper portion of the map within the border. |
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Berlin's city government issued its own emergency currency during the hyperinflation spiral of 1922, when the Reichsbank simply could not produce enough notes fast enough to meet demand. This 100 Mark note is Notgeld in the technical sense — municipal rather than central bank issue — but by 1922 the distinction had become largely academic. The Magistrat series circulated alongside Reichsbank paper without friction; the public had long stopped caring who signed the note.
The DeNG 4 reference places it within the broader Berlin municipal issues documented by Dießner and Grabowski. Multiple printings exist within the 315 series, and minor typographic variants are known.