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1 000 000 Mark Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig
| Issuer | Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 1,000,000 MARK EINE MILLION 1,000,000 MARK (Reichspapiergeld) zahlen wir gegen diesen Notgeldschein bis einen Monat nach Aufruf durch unsere messamtliche Wirtschafts- und Exportzeitung Leipzig, im August 1923 MESSAMT FÜR DIE MUSTERMESSEN IN LEIPZIG DIE «ALTE WAAGE» DAS HEIM DES MESSAMTS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in orange-ochre letterpress on a plain cream ground, with the heading 'Notgeld' in large Gothic script at the top. Below, a statement in Fraktur type records that the note was issued with approval of the Reichsfinanzministerium for the Herbstmesse 1923 by the Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig. Two stylised double-M trade-fair monograms flank a central block of italic text reproducing a historical market-freedom ordinance dated anno 1581. |
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The Messamt für die Mustermessen in Leipzig — the trade fair office responsible for organizing the Leipzig Sample Fair — issued its own emergency currency during the hyperinflation of 1923, as virtually every German municipality, utility, and commercial body was forced to do once Reichsbank notes became worthless faster than they could be printed. The Leipzig trade fair was one of the most commercially significant in central Europe, and the Messamt had both the institutional standing and the immediate practical need to pay exhibitors, porters, and vendors on-site in usable scrip.
At one million Mark, this note was already a mid-range denomination by summer 1923 standards — within weeks of comparable issues, that figure had become inadequate for a single tram fare.