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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreissparkasse Geilenkirchen (District of Geilenkirchen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Eine Million Mark Gutschein des Kreises - Geilenkirchen - Dieser Gutschein wird von der Kreissparkasse Geilenkirchen, allen kommunalen Kassen des Kreises sowie der Rheinland-Bank A.G. Geilenkirchen-Hünshoven in Zahlung genommen. Die Einlösung erfolgt ab 1. Okt. 1923 bei den gleichen Stellen. – Vier Wochen später verliert der Schein seine Gültigkeit. GEILENKIRCHEN, den 13. August 1923. Der Vorsitzende des Kreisausschusses Dr. Czéh, Landrat. No C Druck: W. Spiertz, Geilenkirchen. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. Czéh, Landrat |
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Kreissparkasse Geilenkirchen was a district savings bank, not a central monetary authority — its authorization to issue Notgeld at the million-mark level came from the practical collapse of Reichsbank supply capacity during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when local governments and institutions across Germany were effectively deputized to print their own emergency money to cover payroll and daily transactions. W. Spiertz was a local commercial printer, and the workmanship reflects that: these were functional instruments produced under deadline pressure, not prestige commissions.
The signature of Dr. Czéh as Landrat — the appointed district administrator — gave the note its legal standing within Geilenkirchen's jurisdiction. Notgeld issued at this level lost validity rapidly as the Rentenmark stabilization took hold in November 1923, meaning circulation windows were often measured in weeks.