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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Senat der Freien Stadt Danzig |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by a central denomination statement in large Gothic letterpress typeface, surrounded by decorative guilloche borders typical of German inflationary emergency currency. The text identifies the issuing authority of the Free City of Danzig and the note's face value of one million Mark. Ornamental scrollwork frames the composition on all sides. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the denomination and validity conditions in Gothic script within a guilloche-patterned border, consistent with the austere emergency issue style of the 1923 German hyperinflationary period. Decorative corner elements and underprint patterns frame the central text block. |
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Danzig's municipal senate was forced into a parallel currency operation during 1923 as the hyperinflation consuming Weimar Germany spilled across the border into the Free City. Though Danzig maintained its own currency, the Danziger Mark was pegged closely enough to the German Mark that the collapse dragged it down in tandem — hence the million-denomination notes of this series.
Pick 24 is one of the more straightforward emergency emissions from the Danzig sequence, but note the print date: 30 April 1923, not 1945 — the "1945" in catalog data for this series is a persistent transcription error.