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1 000 000 Mark Bayerische Vereinsbank
| Issuer | Bayerische Vereinsbank, Filiale Passau |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface letterpress note printed on plain paper. The heading line carries the serial number at left and the denomination numeral 1,000,000 at right, flanked by the full institutional title 'Die Bayerische Vereinsbank Filiale Passau.' Several lines of text in the centre state the value in words — 'Eine Million Mark' — along with the issuing conditions and date. Two handwritten authorisation signatures appear across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Obverse lettering | Eine Million Mark Die Bayerische Vereinsbank Filiale Passau Passau |
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The Bayerische Vereinsbank was one of Bavaria's principal commercial banks, but by mid-1923 the Reichsbank's own supply chains had collapsed under the pace of hyperinflation — local branches were authorized to issue emergency notgeld to keep commerce moving at all. This Passau branch issue is a product of that breakdown, printed locally rather than centrally, which accounts for the relatively crude execution compared to wartime or early-Weimar issues from established security printers.
A million marks. Issued as a practical transaction note, likely worth a few loaves of bread on the day it was signed.