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1 000 000 Mark Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen
| Issuer | Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Size | 138 × 100 mm |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black on pale cream paper with a diamond-pattern guilloche underprint, the obverse carries a bold Fraktur headline reading 'Eine Million Mark' within a ruled border frame, with the denomination repeated vertically in the side margins. The centre field incorporates a faint watermark vignette of the Westphalian horse coat of arms, below which the issuing text, place and date 'Münster i. Westf., den 11. August 1923' are set in a structured typographic layout. The lower portion bears a serial number, three facsimile signatures of the Direktion der Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen, and a validity clause specifying the redemption deadline of 1 October 1923. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely unprinted, showing the plain cream paper stock with faint show-through of the obverse text and ruled border frame visible in mirror image. The absence of reverse printing is characteristic of this emergency currency (Notgeld) issue. |
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Landesbank der Provinz Westfalen was one of dozens of regional and municipal institutions forced into emergency currency issuance during the catastrophic hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank could no longer supply enough physical notes to meet the collapsing purchasing power of the Mark. A. Berger of Laupheim was a minor provincial printer pressed into service precisely because the major security printers — Reichsdruckerei included — were overwhelmed.
Three signatures were required for validation, an unusual arrangement that reflects the institutional caution of a provincial bank unaccustomed to currency issuance of any kind.