100 Mark overstamp on 5 Mark

Issuer Gera (Thuringia), City of
Year 1922
Type Local banknote
Value 100 Mark
Currency Mark (1914-1924)
Composition Paper
Size 125 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer
Designer(s)
Engraver(s)
In circulation to 8 November 1922
Reference(s)
Obverse description Revaluation of the `blue-on`blue` 5-Mark note (see Reference below). Blue print on blue underprint with heavy, black overprint stamp. The revaluation stamp shows the note`s revaulation in numerical and text form as well as a replacement of the Council-member`s signature with that of the then-current mayor. Serial number remains evident at the top center of the note in red, as does the small embossed seal at lower center on notes in sufficiently good condition (not common) Oak leaf border along left, lower and right sides.
Obverse lettering Gutschein der Haupt- u. Residenzstadt Gera 100 M. Hundert Mark Gera, d. 25. Sept. 1922 Oberbürgermeister
(Translation: Voucher of the Capital- and Residential- City of Gera One Hundred Marks Gera, the 25th of September 1922)
Reverse description Blue on blue underprint with heavy, black overprint stamp. Image of Gera Town Hall at left
Reverse lettering Gutschein 100 Mark ---------------- zahlt die Kämmerei- Hauptkasse für diesen Schein bis 8. Nov. 1922 ---------------- Gutschein der Haupt- u. Residenzstadt Gera
(Translation: Voucher 100 Marks will be paid for this note by the consolidated main bank until the 8th of Nov. 1922)
Signature(s)
Protection type Watermark
Protection description The note is printed on watermarked paper. See 5-mark note referenced below.
Variants
Numisquare ID 6522646770
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