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100 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Neuwied |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Green and black reverse centred on an etched-style panoramic riverscape signed 'GUSTAV RÜSCHHOFF' at lower right, rendering a broad river with moored vessels, a steep hillside bearing ruins, and open sky in fine line work. Four heraldic shields representing the member localities of Kreis Neuwied occupy the left and right lateral borders in colour. The denomination 'HUNDERT MARK' is inscribed in large sans-serif capitals across the top panel, with the numeral '100' centred at the foot, flanked by redemption and anti-counterfeiting notices. |
| Reverse lettering | HUNDERT · MARK 100 EINLÖSUNG · ERFOLGT · NACH · ÖFFENTLICH · ER · BEKANNTGABE. NACHAHMUNGEN · WERDEN · GESETZ · LICH · VERFOLGT. |
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Neuwied notgeld of this type was issued by the district committee — the Kreisausschuss — rather than a municipal authority, which placed it within the broader emergency currency apparatus of the Weimar inflation period. By 1922, the German central government had effectively ceded small-denomination liquidity to local bodies, who contracted regional printers to fill the gap left by a collapsing Reichsmark.
The Rhein- und Wied-Druckerei was a local commercial press, not a specialist banknote producer. Rüschhoff's design work for this series is the most specific point of distinction — locally commissioned art on inflation-era notgeld varies enormously in quality, and regional designer credits are rarely this well-documented.