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1 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Marburg (District Treasury of the Marburg District) |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Die Kreiskommunalkasse des Kreises Marburg vergütet dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheins EINE MILLION MARK Er verliert seine Gültigkeit 4 Wochen nach Aufruf im amtl. Kreisblatt Marburg, den 22. August 1923 Der Kreisausschuß: (Signatures) Reihe A No 24591 Nur mit Prägesiegel des Kreisausschusses gültig Hess. Verlag K. Euker, Marburg (Translation: The District Treasury of the Marburg District reimburses the issuer of this voucher with ONE MILLION MARKS. It expires 4 weeks after publication in the official district gazette. Marburg, 22 August 1923 The District Committee: (Signatures) Series A No. 24591 Valid only with the embossed seal of the District Committee Hessian Publisher K. Euker, Marburg) |
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| Reverse lettering | Elisabeth-Kirche: Erbaut im Jahre 1248-1288 (Translation: St. Elizabeth's Church: Built between 1248 and 1288) |
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Marburg's District Treasury turned to a local commercial printer — Hessischer Verlag K. Euker — rather than any specialist security firm, which was entirely typical of the Notgeld emergency during the hyperinflation peak of 1923. By the time a million-mark denomination was necessary, the Reichsmark's collapse was so far advanced that elaborate security was pointless; an embossed dry seal was sufficient deterrent when the note would be worthless within weeks regardless.
The DeNG catalogue reference places this firmly in the documented Marburg district series, one of hundreds of Kreis-level authorities scrambling to keep local commerce liquid as central supply failed.