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1 000 000 Mark Handelskammer, red issue
| Issuer | Handelskammer Aachen (Chamber of Commerce Aachen) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Notgeld voucher printed in red on cream paper, enclosed within a decorative guilloche border with scalloped inner edge and repeated denomination numerals '1000000' and 'M' in the lateral margins. The issuer's name 'Handelskammer Aachen.' appears in a bold Gothic script banner at the top centre, above the large denomination legend 'Eine Million Mark' in ornate blackletter type. The lower left carries a circular official seal of the Handelskammer zu Aachen bearing an imperial eagle, dated 'Aachen, den 18. August 1923', with three manuscript signatures to the right and the printer's imprint 'AUG. HEINRIGS, AACHEN.' along the bottom margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Handelskammer Aachen. Gutschein über Eine Million Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von einem durch die Aachener Zeitungen noch näher bekannt zu gebenden Tage ab bei den Aachener Banken eingelöst. Aachen, den 18. August 1923. Handelskammer Aachen AUG. HEINRIGS, AACHEN. |
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Aachen's Chamber of Commerce issued this one-million mark note during the hyperinflationary summer of 1923, when the Reichsbank's printing infrastructure was so overwhelmed that regional chambers, municipalities, and private firms were effectively deputized to produce emergency currency — Notgeld — just to keep wages payable and commerce moving. The red color distinguishes this from earlier Handelskammer Aachen issues in the same denomination, suggesting a second print run as the inflation outpaced existing stocks.
Aug. Heinrigs was a local Aachen printer, not a specialist security firm. Three signatures — Pastor, Schifffers, and Böhmer — were standard for Chamber issues of this period, lending institutional authority to what was, legally, private paper.