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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Magistrat der Stadt Demmin |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 174 × 90 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Eine Million Mark |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vignette of the local town gate rendered in a generalized illustrative style, with the inscription 'Eine Million Mark' positioned centrally. Individual examples may bear additional cancellation or validation stamps. |
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Demmin, a small Pomeranian market town on the Peene River, had no business issuing million-mark notes — and yet here it was, printing emergency currency at the local press of Wilhelm Gesellius like dozens of other municipalities scrambling to meet payroll during the hyperinflationary collapse of 1923. The Reichsbank simply could not supply denominations fast enough as prices doubled weekly, so municipal authorities across Germany were legally permitted to issue Notgeld against their own credit.
Gesellius was a local printer, not a security press. These notes were never designed to last.