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1 000 000 Mark Thüringische Staatsbank, green issue
| Issuer | Thüringische Staatsbank |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1000000 EINE MILLION MARK WEIMAR, DEN 9. AUGUST 1923 DIE LANDESREGIERUNG 1000000 Mark zahlt die Kasse der Thüringischen Staatsbank dem Einlieferer dieses Notgeldscheines. Vom 1. September 1923 ab kann dieses Notgeld aufgerufen und gegen Umtausch in Reichsbanknoten eingezogen werden. Wer Banknoten nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in den Verkehr bringt, wird mit Zuchthaus nicht unter zwei Jahren bestraft. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in black on plain paper with a green guilloche underprint of repeated '10000001000000' sequences covering the right half of the note. The centre carries the series designation 'Serie C' and a serial number printed vertically in black. At the foot of the note, a bold two-line inscription in large spaced letterpress gives the denomination and issuing authority. |
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The Thüringische Staatsbank was one of dozens of regional German institutions forced into emergency high-denomination printing during the hyperinflation of 1923, when the Reichsbank's capacity was overwhelmed and notgeld issuers scrambled to keep pace with a currency losing value by the hour. The "green issue" designation distinguishes this from other color variants of the same denomination printed in rapid succession as successive zeroes were added to face values across the summer and autumn of that year.
Weimar as the printing location carries an unavoidable irony — the city that gave the Republic its name watching its currency disintegrate in real time.