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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Frankenthal (Palatinate) |
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| Year | 1922-1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset Notgeld note printed in dark ink on cream paper, with the issuer's name 'Stadt Frankenthal' and denomination 'M. 1000000' set in bold blackletter type across the upper register. The central legend reads 'eine Million Mark' in large display script, below which appears a circular official seal of the Stadtgemeinde Frankenthal bearing a heraldic lion, flanked by the date 'Frankenthal, den 3. August 1923' and series letter 'Lit. C'. A vertical column of explanatory text occupies the left margin, and two manuscript signatures appear at the lower centre-right under the headings 'Der Stadtrat' and 'Die Stadtkasse'. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Frankenthal. M. 1000000 Die Stadtkasse Frankenthal zahlt dem Einlieferer dieses Scheins eine Million Mark. Lit. C Frankenthal, den 3. August 1923. Der Stadtrat: Die Stadtkasse: I. V. STADTGEMEINDE FRANKENTHAL Dieser Schein ist aufgrund Stadtratsbeschlusses vom 3. August 1923 mit Genehmigung des Reichsfinanzministeriums ausgegeben. Das Ende der Umlaufzeit wird in Frankenthal öffentlich bekanntgemacht. |
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Frankenthal's municipal treasury issued this million-mark note during the hyperinflationary spiral that made such denominations briefly routine. Stadtkasse issues — printed by local authorities rather than the Reichsbank — were emergency Notgeld in the truest sense: stopgap instruments produced because the central bank simply could not supply enough physical currency to meet daily demand as prices doubled by the week.
Municipal issues from the Palatinate are worth distinguishing from the decorative "collector Notgeld" deliberately printed for the philatelic market in the same period. Frankenthal's issue was functional, not ornamental.