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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Stollberg i. E. |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 130 × 80 mm |
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| Obverse description | Pink-toned notgeld on plain paper, framed by a fine green guilloche border with ornamental rosettes at each corner. The denomination '1000000 M.' and the word 'Gutschein' are set in the upper field alongside a hand-stamped serial number, while the central value panel carries the large Gothic-script legend 'Eine Million Mark' over an intricate pink guilloche underprint. The issuing authority, date of 1 September 1923, and two manuscript signatures with their titles — Amtshauptmann and Bezirkskassierer — appear in the lower portion, with the printer's imprint 'Rats-Druckerei Glauchau' at the foot. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain pale pink paper surface with visible show-through of the obverse text and guilloche underprint in mirror image, confirming the note's single-sided letterpress production on thin stock. |
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Stollberg's Amtshauptmannschaft — the administrative district authority for a mid-sized Saxon mining and textile region — issued this million-mark note as emergency currency (Notgeld) during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not produce denominations fast enough to keep pace with price collapse. District and municipal bodies across Saxony filled the gap with locally printed scrip, and Rats-Druckerei in Glauchau was a frequent regional supplier for exactly this kind of short-run administrative work.
By the time notes at this denomination reached circulation, a million marks bought little more than a newspaper. The Rentenmark reform of November 1923 rendered the entire series worthless within weeks of printing.