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1 000 000 Mark provincial joint issue of Handelskammer, Landwirtschaftskammer and Handwerkskammer Hannover
| Issuer | Vereinigung Niedersächsischer Handelskammern, Handelskammer zu Hannover and Landwirtschaftskammer für die Provinz Hannover |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Mark (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Blue-grey letterpress note with an ornate guilloche border enclosing the names of participating towns in the left, right, top, and bottom margins. The centre is dominated by three large interlocking guilloche rosettes with the bold numeral '1' set at their core, flanked by smaller circular rosettes at each corner. The denomination 'GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 1 MILLION MARK' is inscribed in large type at upper left, with the issue date 'Hannover, den 15. August 1923' at upper right alongside the alphanumeric serial number. Below the central vignette, the Hanoverian horse coat of arms appears between the names of the two issuing chambers, with the printer's imprint of J. C. König & Ebhardt along the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | GÖTTINGEN GOSLAR HANNOVER HARBURG GUTSCHEIN ÜBER 1 MILLION MARK Hannover, den 15. August 1923 VEREINIGUNG NIEDERSÄCHSISCHER HANDELSKAMMERN LANDWIRTSCHAFTSKAMMER FÜR DIE PROVINZ HANNOVER BIELEFELD DETMOLD GEESTEMÜNDE HILDESHEIM LÜNEBURG MINDEN VERDEN STADTHAGEN OSNABRÜCK OLDENBURG J. C. KÖNIG & EBHARDT, HANNOVER |
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This note emerges from one of the more administratively complex corners of the German inflation emergency — a joint issue by three separate chamber bodies covering commerce, agriculture, and crafts across the Hanover province. Coordinated Notgeld between distinct institutional issuers at this scale was uncommon; most chambers acted independently. The printer, J. C. König & Ebhardt, was a Hanover firm with deep roots in commercial printing and handled a significant volume of regional emergency currency during 1923, giving them an almost industrial familiarity with the logistical absurdity of printing denominations that inflated past utility within days of issue.