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1 000 000 Mark Handelsgremium
| Issuer | Handelsgremium Zwiesel |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein über 1000000 Mk. No Gegen diesen Gutschein zahlen die rückmärts verzeichneten Firmen nach Behebung des Mangels an Zahlungsmitteln durch die Bayer. Hypotheken- & Wechselbank Filiale Zwiesel Mark eine Million an den Ueberbringer in Reichsbanknoten. Zwiesel, den 6. August 1923. Eingetragen : Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel-Bank Filiale Zwiesel Handelsgremium Zwiesel Kontrolliert : Dieser Gutschein ist bis längstens 1. Oktober 1923 zur Einlösung vorzulegen. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black letterpress on plain white paper, carrying a dense typeset list of local firms and businesses from the Zwiesel region that guaranteed redemption of the note, arranged in justified paragraphs. No vignette, border, or ornamental element is present; the design is purely textual, reflecting the emergency Notgeld practice of listing guarantor companies on the reverse. |
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Zwiesel is a small glassmaking town in the Bavarian Forest, and its local Handelsgremium — a merchants' association — was among the hundreds of regional trade bodies that issued emergency currency during the hyperinflationary collapse of 1923. These Notgeld issues were a practical response to the Reichsbank's inability to supply denominations large enough for ordinary transactions as the mark disintegrated; by mid-1923, a million marks was barely adequate for a loaf of bread.
Handelsgremium issues tend to be less documented than municipal Notgeld, and Zwiesel's output is sparsely catalogued. Provenance from a single merchant body rather than a civic authority.