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100 Pfennigs
| Issuer | Städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow (City of Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin) |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Size | 113 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in deep red and dark brown/black on paper, the obverse is dominated by an overall diamond-pattern underprint with large blackletter numerals '100' at left and right. The centre carries a rectangular cartouche with a scrolled border containing the issuing text and denomination 'Einhundert Pfennige' in bold Gothic script, dated 'Güstrow, den 1. Februar 1922.' Two manuscript signatures appear below the text, attributed to the Bürgermeister and the Stadtverordnetenvorsteher, with a validity notice 'Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1922.' The word 'GÜSTROW' is spelled out in large stylised blackletter capitals across the upper and lower margins of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Städtische Sparkasse zu Güstrow zahle gegen diesen Scheck aus unserem Guthaben an den Inhaber Einhundert Pfennige Güstrow, den 1. Februar 1922. Bürgermeister Stadtverordnetenvorsteher Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1922. GÜSTROW |
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Güstrow's municipal savings bank — the Städtische Sparkasse — issued this note during the early inflationary surge of 1922, when German municipal and commercial entities scrambled to produce Notgeld to cover the chronic shortage of small-denomination Reich coinage. The Hof- und Ratsbuchdruckerei was the city's own court and council printing house, a common arrangement for smaller Mecklenburg towns that kept production entirely local rather than contracting with specialist security printers in Berlin or Leipzig.
At 100 Pfennig, this sits at exactly one Mark — a denomination that became almost immediately obsolete as hyperinflation accelerated through 1922 and into 1923.