1 000 000 Mark

Landau in der Pfalz sat inside the French-occupied Rhineland zone during the hyperinflation of 1923, which complicated the municipal government's ability to obtain emergency currency from the Reichsbank. Like dozens of other Pfalz towns, the Stadthauptkasse was forced to issue its own Notgeld to cover payroll and basic commerce as the mark's purchasing power collapsed by the week. A million marks, unimaginable eighteen months earlier, was already inadequate for a day's groceries by mid-1923.

Locally printed Notgeld from this region frequently shows rushed production — thin paper stock, inconsistent inking — because civilian print shops were working beyond capacity.