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1 000 000 Mark Landeskulturrat Sachsen
| Issuer | Landeskulturrat Sachsen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple-blue on cream paper, the note is framed by a decorative floral border of stylised blossoms. A central agricultural vignette shows a farmer guiding two horses pulling a harvest cart, set against a background of radiating field lines and wheat sheaves; the Saxon coat of arms in circular cartouches appears at upper left and upper right. The large numeral '1000000' and the denomination 'Eine Million Mark' are set in bold letterpress above the vignette, with the issue place and date 'Dresden, 18. August 1923' at lower left, a red-orange serial number at right, and manuscript signatures of the Vorsitzende and Direktor flanking the issuer name 'Landeskulturrat Sachsen' along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GUTSCHEIN des Landeskulturrats Sachsen über 1000000 Eine Million Mark Dresden, 18. August 1923. Gültig bis zum 31. Dezember 1923. Landeskulturrat Sachsen. Der Vorsitzende: Der Direktor: LANDESKULTURRAT SACHSEN |
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The Landeskulturrat Sachsen — the Saxon Agricultural Council — was among the hundreds of regional and quasi-governmental bodies that issued emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank simply could not print fast enough to meet demand. By the time million-mark denominations became necessary, the purchasing power of any given note was often gone before the ink dried.
The Dresdner Akzidenz-Druckerei, a commercial job printer rather than a specialist security press, handled a substantial volume of Saxon Notgeld during this period. The results were functional, not secure.