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100 Mark Schwetzingen
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse Schwetzingen |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 134 × 92 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette rendered in fine line engraving depicts the circular colonnaded temple (Moschee rotunda) within the Schwetzingen Palace gardens, set amid dense tree foliage with a garden staircase and pool in the foreground. Flanking the central scene are two allegorical classical statues on pedestals — a female figure with a cornucopia to the left and a draped female figure to the right — each enclosed in cartouche panels bearing the denomination '100 Mark' in Gothic script. An ornate Rococo frame with foliate corner masks borders the entire composition, and a two-line motto in Gothic script with its attribution appears in a scroll panel below the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | 100 Mark Reichtum und die Welt vergehen, Gute Handlungen bleiben ewig. Spruch an der Moschee |
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Schwetzingen's municipal savings bank issued this 100 Mark note during the inflationary surge of 1922, when countless German towns found themselves compelled to produce their own emergency currency — Notgeld — simply to keep commerce moving as the Reichsmark's purchasing power collapsed faster than the Reichsdruckerei could supply official notes. The locally printed attribution is consistent with the small-run production typical of municipal issuers in Baden at this period.
Walt. Lilie's involvement is the one distinguishing detail worth tracking. The name appears on other Schwetzingen Notgeld from the same run, suggesting a local commercial artist rather than a specialist banknote engraver — an important distinction when assessing print quality and plate longevity across the series.