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1 000 000 Mark Saint Gobain
| Issuer | Actien-Gesellschaft der Spiegel-Manufacturen und chemischen Fabriken von St. Gobain, Chauny & Cirey, Zweigniederlassung Stolberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | 30 September 1923 |
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| Obverse description | The note is printed in black on cream paper with a repeated light orange underprint bearing the issuer's full name across the entire face. A decorative letterpress border frames the note on all four sides, composed of floral and geometric ornamental panels at the corners and along each edge. The denomination "Eine Million Mark" is set in large bold Gothic script across the upper centre, with the series letter "Lit. A", voucher heading "Gutschein über", and a manuscript serial number in the upper portion; the body of the note carries the full redemption text in smaller Gothic type, with the expiry notice in bold, the place and date of issue, the issuer's printed name and branch, and two manuscript authorisation signatures in blue ink at the foot. The legend "ST. GOBAIN" appears in a panel at the bottom centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000000 Lit. A Gutschein über N° Eine Million Mark Dieser Gutschein wird von der Actien-Gesellschaft der Spiegel Manufacturen und chemischen Fabriken von St. Gobain, Chauny & Cirey, Zweigniederlassung Stolberg, Rhld. sowie von der Deutschen Bank, Filiale Aachen und deren Zweigstelle Stolberg gegen Papier-Reichsmark in Zahlung genommen und bei hinreichenden Reichsbanknotenbeständen auch gegen diese umgetauscht. Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit am 30. September 1923. Stolberg, Rhld., den 15. August 1923. ppa. Actien-Gesellschaft der Spiegel-Manufacturen und chemischen Fabriken von St. Gobain, Chauny & Cirey Zweigniederlassung Stolberg. ST. GOBAIN |
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Stolberg-issued notgeld from Saint-Gobain's German subsidiary — one of the more unusual sources of emergency currency from the hyperinflation peak. The parent company, the French glassmaker Saint-Gobain, had operated facilities in the Rhineland for decades, and its Stolberg branch was issuing its own denominated scrip by mid-1923 simply because the Reichsbank could not supply adequate currency fast enough for payroll.
The million-mark face value places this squarely in the accelerating phase before the November 1923 Rentenmark stabilization, when denominations were climbing weekly.