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1 000 000 Mark Marktsparkasse
| Issuer | Marktsparkasse Langquaid (Marktgemeinde Langquaid, Bavaria) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Marks (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed entirely in red-orange on cream paper, the obverse is laid out as a formal payment order (Zahlungsanweisung) within a central rectangular frame bordered by vertical guilloche bands carrying the denomination numeral '1.000.000' on each side. The denomination 'Eine Million Mark' is set in large blackletter script beneath the heading 'Zahlungsanweisung über', with a multi-line text body stating the issuing authority and full liability of the Marktgemeinde Langquaid. The date 'Langquaid, den 5. September 1923' and the issuer name 'Marktsparkasse Langquaid' appear in the lower portion, flanked by two manuscript signatures above a small circular vignette of a bearded male bust, with the signatories identified by the printed titles '1. Bürgermeister' and 'Kämmerer'. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in the same red-orange on cream, centres on a large circular seal of the Marktgemeinde Langquaid occupying most of the central panel; the seal displays a divided shield bearing the Bavarian lozenges on the dexter side and a helmeted bearded warrior's bust on the sinister side, surrounded by the inscription 'MARKTGEMEINDE LANGQUAID' and foliate ornament. Vertical guilloche side bands repeat the denomination '1.000.000' and the word 'Mark' in blackletter, while the serial number appears vertically on the left border. Below the seal, the printer's imprint reads 'ENTWURF UND DRUCK DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNSTANSTALT HEINR. SCHIELE REGENSBURG', with the designer's name 'JOSEF MÄRKL' inscribed beneath the vignette. |
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Langquaid is a small market town in Lower Bavaria — the kind of community that had no business issuing its own currency, yet did exactly that during the hyperinflation of 1923 when the Reichsmark collapsed fast enough to make local emergency money a practical necessity rather than a novelty. These Notgeld issues from municipal savings banks were authorized under desperate administrative tolerance rather than any formal legal framework.
Josef Märkl designed the note locally, with printing handled by Heinrich Schiele's graphic arts firm in Regensburg. The million-mark denomination, staggering in nominal terms, represented purchasing power that was shrinking by the hour when these were issued.