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1 000 000 Mark Herzogenrath, Glaswerke Bicheroux
| Issuer | Herzogenrather Glaswerke Bicheroux & Cie. GmbH |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is enclosed within an ornate letterpress border composed of repeated geometric and foliate cartouches in dark blue ink. The denomination 'Eine Million Mark' is set in large Gothic blackletter type across the centre, above a block of explanatory text in German noting acceptance by Aachener Grossbanken and the Bank-Verein in Herzogenrath, with issuance date 'Herzogenrath, den 12. August 1923' below. The upper field carries the series designation 'Lit. A' at left and serial number at right, with a green guilloche underprint vignette visible behind the central text block, and the issuer's manuscript signatures in red-violet ink at the foot. |
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| Protection description | Hexagonal braiding |
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Herzogenrath, a small industrial town on the Belgian-Dutch border in the Rhineland, was among hundreds of German municipalities and private firms that issued emergency currency — Notgeld — as hyperinflation rendered Reichsbank notes functionally worthless in 1923. The Glaswerke Bicheroux notes were almost certainly produced to pay workers at the glassworks itself, a common practice when wages had to be disbursed faster than the central bank could supply denominations large enough to cover them.
The watermarked paper is worth noting — most private Notgeld at this inflation tier dispensed with security features entirely. Someone at Bicheroux made a deliberate choice to use better stock.