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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtbank Spremberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset note printed in black on cream paper with a fine cross-hatched underprint in yellow-ochre. The main body is enclosed within a rectangular Greek-key guilloche border, with the denomination 'Eine Million Mark' set in large bold Gothic blackletter type at centre; a yellow letterpress overprint of the same words is visible beneath. To the right, a vertical side panel carries the numeral '1000000' printed in large bold figures. The issuing authority legend appears at top, a manuscript signature of a bank official is applied below the serial number, and the date '16. August 1923' is given at lower left. |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Stadtbank Spremberg L. zahlt gegen diesen Schein an den Inhaber Eine Million Mark No Stadtbank Spremberg Spremberg L., 16. August 1923 Diesen Schein bitten wir des Bargeldmangels wegen als Bargeld anzunehmen und ohne Unterschrift weiterzugeben. Kurt Görisch, Spremberg L. |
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Spremberg's municipal bank issued this note at the height of the 1923 hyperinflation, when German local authorities — Städte, Kreise, and private firms alike — were legally permitted to issue their own emergency currency, known as Notgeld, to fill the void left by the Reichsbank's inability to print fast enough. By the time million-mark denominations became necessary, the purchasing power of the paper had often collapsed further before the ink was dry.
Kurt Görisch was a local Spremberg printer, not a specialist banknote firm, which is typical of late-inflation Notgeld. The watermarked paper suggests an attempt at basic security, though counterfeiting at these denominations was rarely worth the effort.