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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bürgermeisterei Rheinhausen-Niederrhein (Municipality of Rheinhausen am Niederrhein) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Cream-toned Notgeld issued on plain paper with a pale green spiral-pattern underprint and an embossed municipal seal at lower left. The denomination «EINE MILLION MARK» is set in bold blackletter type across the centre, surmounted by the issuing authority legend in Gothic script at the top. Below the denomination, a three-line text in Fraktur script states the redemption obligation of the Gemeinde- und Bürgermeisterei-Sparkassen Rheinhausen, followed by the place and date «Rheinhausen-Niederrh., den 13. August 1923», the title lines «Der Bürgermeister» and «J. V.: Der Beigeordnete», and two manuscript signatures; a red typeset serial number appears at the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Bürgermeisterei Rheinhausen - Niederrhein. EINE MILLION MARK zahlen die Gemeinde- und Bürgermeisterei-Sparkassen Rheinhausen dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheines innerhalb eines Monats nach Aufruf in den hier erscheinenden Zeitungen. Rheinhausen-Niederrh., den 13. August 1923. Der Bürgermeister. J. V.: Der Beigeordnete: |
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Rheinhausen was an industrial town on the left bank of the Rhine, home to Krupp's steelworks — which likely made it a more economically active issuer of notgeld than many comparable municipalities. By mid-1923, Reichsbank currency was losing value faster than it could be printed, and local authorities were legally permitted to issue their own emergency paper to cover wage payments and daily commerce. The million-mark denomination reflects where Germany was in the hyperinflation curve: August–September 1923, before the truly astronomical figures arrived.
Bürgermeisterei-issued notgeld at this level tends to be less documented than major city issues, and Rheinhausen pieces rarely surface in quantity.