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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkreis und Landkreis Coblenz |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld Kassenschein printed in dark violet on plain white paper, enclosed within a decorative floral and geometric border. The denomination "Eine Million Mark" is set in large ornate Gothic blackletter script at the centre, with the issuing authority legend across the top in roman capitals. Below the denomination, a redemption clause in small roman text is followed by the issue date, and two manuscript signatures appear at the lower left and right, flanking a letterpress serial number with prefix. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, with only faint show-through of the obverse letterpress impression visible on the plain white paper stock. |
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Coblenz — or Koblenz — was under French military occupation in 1923, governed by the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission since 1919. The city and rural district issued this one-million Mark emergency note as part of the broader Notgeld wave during Germany's hyperinflation crisis, when the Reichsbank simply could not supply enough currency fast enough for day-to-day commerce. Local authorities across the Rhineland printed their own denominations to keep markets functioning.
The million-Mark face value, which would have seemed staggering a year earlier, was routine by mid-1923. By November, it was essentially worthless.