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1 000 000 Mark Verein der Bergwerke am Linken Niederrhein
| Issuer | Verein der Bergwerke am linken Niederrhein e.V., Moers |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse lettering | Sie sollen ihn nicht höhnen, den wackern Bergmannsstand, 1.000.000 Mark Eine Million Mark Die Kassen der Steinkohlenbergwerke "Rheinpreußen"-Homberg, "Friedrich-Heinrich"-Lintfort, "Diergardt"-Hochemmerich, "Wilhelmine Mevissen"-Bergheim, "Niederrhein. Bergwerks-A.G."-Neukirchen zahlen dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheines Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach Aufruf in den Tageszeitungen des Kreises Moers. Moers, 15. Aug. 1923. Verein der Bergwerke am linken Niederrhein e.V. Der stellvertr. Vorsitzende Der noch Glückauf läßt tönen, wenn schwerste Not im Land. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, showing only the blind impression of the obverse text and vignette bleeding through the thin paper stock, with no additional design elements or lettering applied. |
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The Verein der Bergwerke am linken Niederrhein was a coal mining association operating in the Moers district on the west bank of the Rhine — a region that had been under Franco-Belgian military occupation since January 1923. The Ruhr occupation directly triggered the wave of emergency currency these industrial associations were forced to issue: the Reichsbank could not supply adequate banknotes as hyperinflation accelerated, and occupied industrial concerns were simultaneously cut off from normal financial channels while continuing to pay wages.
Mining association notgeld from the occupied Rhineland-Ruhr zone was typically short-lived in circulation, redeemed or rendered worthless within weeks of issue as denomination ceilings became meaningless.