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1 000 000 Mark Schönheide
| Issuer | Gemeindekasse der Gemeinde Schönheide i. Erzgeb. |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Pink-red guilloche underprint covers the entire note. A central white panel carries the denomination text in blackletter script, with 'Eine Million' printed vertically along the left margin within a decorative vignette. Dated 12. September 1923, with a manuscript serial number and the signature of Winzer as Gemeindevorstand at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unprinted reverse on thin white paper, showing bleed-through of the obverse letterpress text in mirror image. No additional design elements, vignettes, or inscriptions are present. |
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Schönheide is a small textile-industry village in the Erzgebirge, and like hundreds of German municipalities in 1923, its local treasury — the Gemeindekasse — was forced to print its own emergency currency simply to pay workers and conduct daily commerce. The Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough as hyperinflation rendered yesterday's money worthless overnight. By August 1923, a million marks was roughly the price of a loaf of bread.
Municipal notgeld at this denomination was typically authorized for only days or weeks before being superseded by higher-value issues. Signed by the treasurer Winzer, whose name appears on several Schönheide emissions from this period.