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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Glauchau |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Brown letterpress Notgeld note framed by an ornate guilloche border with decorative corner rosettes. At lower left, a vignette of Glauchau Castle rendered in fine line engraving occupies approximately one third of the note's width, while the denomination 'Zehn Millionen Mark' is set in bold Gothic script across the centre. Issue date 'Glauchau, 18. September 1923' appears above two manuscript facsimile signatures with printed titles, and an anti-counterfeiting warning is set in smaller type at the foot of the text block. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein 10 000 000 M. Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Glauchau zahlt gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines Zehn Millionen Mark Der Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach erfolgtem Aufruf in der Glauchauer Zeitung. Glauchau, 18. September 1923. Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Glauchau. Amtshauptmann Kassenvorstand Wer Gutscheine nachmacht oder verfälscht oder nachgemachte oder verfälschte sich verschafft und in den Verkehr bringt wird strafrechtlich verfolgt. RATS-DRUCKEREI GLAUCHAU. |
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Glauchau's district authority issued this 10-million Mark note at the absolute peak of Weimar hyperinflation — August 1923, when the Reichsbank's own supply chains had completely collapsed and local administrations across Saxony were left to print their own emergency currency simply to meet payroll and daily commerce. The Rats-Druckerei was a municipal press, not a specialist security printer, which is exactly what you'd expect from Notgeld of this tier.
By the time notes of this denomination were reaching circulation, they were obsolete within days. The Rentenmark stabilization in November 1923 rendered the entire Amtshauptmannschaft series worthless almost immediately after issue.