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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtgemeinde Marne (City of Marne, Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Plain unadorned note printed in dark ink on white paper stock, with the serial number and series letter (Serie C) in the upper left and the denomination value in a ruled rectangular cartouche at the upper right. The central body carries a letterpress text block in Gothic (Fraktur) script naming the five guarantor banking institutions and stipulating redemption terms valid until 31 December 1923. The denomination 'Eine Million Mark.' is set in a large bold Gothic typeface across the lower centre, with the place and date of issue 'Marne (Holstein), 22. August 1923' below; two purple ink cancellation crosses and a manuscript signature appear at the foot. A vertical marginal notice in small Fraktur script runs along the left edge. |
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| Obverse lettering | No 2224 * Serie C | 1000000 Mk. Die Alte Marner Spar- und Leihkasse, der Bankverein für Schleswig-Holstein, die Schleswig-Holsteinische Bank, die Sparkasse der Stadt Marne und die Wesselburener Volksbank (Marner Kreditbank) zahlen gegen diesen ihren Eigenscheck im Verrechnungswege oder in Reichskassenscheinen bis zum 31. Dezember 1923 Eine Million Mark. Marne (Holstein), 22. August 1923 Diese Schein ist nur gültig, wenn er einen Bankstempel eine der fünf Banken mit zwei Unterschriften trägt |
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Marne is a small market town in the Dithmarschen district, and its municipal administration — like hundreds of German local authorities in 1923 — was forced to print its own emergency currency when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough physical notes to keep pace with hyperinflation. By August of that year, the mark was collapsing so fast that denominations which would have seemed absurdly large in 1921 were functionally useless within weeks of printing.
Local Notgeld at the million-mark level was often printed on whatever stock was available, which is why paper quality and ink consistency vary considerably within the same issue. Marne's note was printed locally, not contracted to one of the larger specialist printers handling volume runs for the bigger municipalities.