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1 000 000 Mark Kreis Wipperfürth
| Issuer | Kreis Wipperfürth |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Red and green letterpress-printed Notgeld note with a decorative scroll border framing the entire face. The denomination "Eine Million Mark" is printed in large bold type at centre, above a block of legal text in German specifying the conditions of acceptance and redemption by all municipal and public treasuries of Kreis Wipperfürth. The issuer name and date appear at upper left and lower left respectively, with a manuscript countersignature of the Kreisdeputierter at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | Kreis Wipperfürth Kreis Wipperfürth 1 000 000 Mark Kreis Wipperfürth Kreis Wipperfürth |
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Kreis Wipperfürth was a rural administrative district in the Bergisches Land, east of Cologne, and like hundreds of German municipalities it turned to emergency currency in 1923 when Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than they could be printed. The million-mark denomination reflects where Germany stood that summer — a figure that would have been unimaginable as a circulating note just eighteen months earlier.
Heiss & Co. in Cologne handled a substantial volume of Notgeld printing for regional issuers during the hyperinflation peak, working under considerable pressure as denominations escalated weekly.