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| Emittent | Stadtkasse der Stadt Wetzlar |
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| Jahr | 1923 |
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| Nennwert | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Printed in dark red on a pale grey underprint, the obverse is framed by an elaborate guilloche border composed of interlocking rosette and medallion cartouches at the corners and along all four sides. The central text panel carries the issuing authority and denomination in letterpress, with the date 'Wetzlar, 10. August 1923' at lower left and a manuscript signature of the Bürgermeister at lower right. A serial number in black appears above the main text block, and the printer's imprint 'Scharfes Druckereien, Wetzlar' is set in small type at the foot of the note. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | EINE MILLION MARK |
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| Anmerkungen |
Wetzlar's municipal treasury — the Stadtkasse — issued this million-mark note during the hyperinflationary collapse of 1923, when German municipal and commercial bodies were legally permitted to print their own emergency currency, Notgeld, to meet payroll and daily commerce as Reichsbank supply became functionally useless. By the time denominations reached seven figures, the notes were often worth less than the paper they were printed on before the ink dried.
Scharfes Druckereien was a local Wetzlar firm — the note went from press to pocket within the same small city on the Lahn.