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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreisausschuss des Kreises Neuwied (District Committee of Neuwied, Prussian Rhine Province) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Marks (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | NOTGELDSCHEIN. EINE MILLION MARK Dieser Gutschein wird von der Sparkasse des Kreises Neuwied sowie allen öffentl. Banken und Kassen des Kreises in Zahlung genommen. – Termin zur Einlösung gegen andere gesetzliche Zahlungsmittel 1. September 1923 bezw. nach Aufruf. Der Kreisausschuss des Kreises Neuwied. Neuwied, den 1. August 1923. 1000000 Ströder Neuwied |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown on plain paper with a simple dotted rectangular border running the full perimeter. The denomination "Eine Million Mark" is inscribed in serif type at the top centre, above a large central guilloche vignette cartouche bearing the numeral "1 000 000" and the word "MARK" in bold capitals. The issuing district name "Kreis Neuwied." appears in serif type below the cartouche. |
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Neuwied's district committee issued this million-mark note at the absolute peak of the German hyperinflation crisis — by August 1923, a million marks was barely enough for a loaf of bread, and municipal and district authorities across the Rhine Province were printing emergency Notgeld simply to make change possible. The Ströder print shop in Neuwied handled the run locally, which was common for smaller administrative districts that couldn't wait on central supply chains.
District-level Notgeld from this period was frequently demonetized within weeks of issue as the denomination became worthless faster than the ink dried.