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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Ingolstadt (City of Ingolstadt) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 196 × 82 mm |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress print in black on white paper, with a grey underprint bearing the text 'Eine Million Mark' across the central field. The denomination 'Eine Million Mark' appears in large Gothic script, with 'Gutschein' (voucher) inscribed above; a black serial number is printed to one side. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. Gruber |
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Ingolstadt's municipal administration — like hundreds of German towns in 1923 — was forced to issue its own emergency currency as the Reichsbank's printing presses failed to keep pace with hyperinflation. By the time million-mark denominations became necessary, the psychological threshold had already been crossed: notes of this face value were essentially small change within weeks of printing.
The engraver and signatory being the same individual — Dr. Gruber — suggests a genuinely local production, with little separation between design authority and administrative sign-off. Notgeld of this type was often printed by municipal printers or local commercial presses under tight deadline, accounting for the variable print quality seen across the series.