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| Uitgever | Stadtrat Augsburg (City Council of Augsburg) and Handelskammer Augsburg (Chamber of Commerce Augsburg) |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1922 |
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| Waarde | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Neuerdings in Umlauf gesetzt: gültig bis 9. November 1923 Gutschein Gut für 1,000,000.— M. über i. W. Eine Million Mark. Mark Fünfhundert R.-W. Augsburg, den 9. August 1923 verrechenbar gegen unser Guthaben bei der Reichsbankstelle Augsburg gegen Rückgabe dieses Scheines spätestens am 14. November 1922. Dieser Gutschein kann innerhalb obiger Laufzeit mit den Banken und Bankiers, sowie der Sparkasse der Stadt Augsburg verrechnet werden. Der Gutschein kann bei den genannten Verrechnungsstellen nicht eingelöst, sondern ausschließlich verrechnet werden. Augsburg, den 15. September 1922. Stadtrat Augsburg: Handelskammer Augsburg: Buch- und Kunstdruckerei J. P. Himmer, Augsburg. |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is printed in grey-blue and shows a mirror impression of the obverse text visible as a light show-through, with a plain ruled rectangular frame. A circular red ink stamp is applied near the lower centre. The surface is otherwise unadorned, consistent with standard German municipal Notgeld production practice of the period. |
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| Opmerkingen |
Augsburg's million-mark note is a product of the 1922 notgeld emergency, when municipal and commercial bodies across Germany were forced into issuing their own currency because the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to keep pace with hyperinflation. The joint authorization by both the Stadtrat and the Handelskammer was deliberate — spreading liability between civic and commercial authority gave the notes broader local acceptance.
Himmer was a well-established Augsburg printer, and printing locally meant faster turnaround. By mid-1923, a million marks would be functionally worthless within weeks of issue.