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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtrat zu Adorf im Vogtland (City Council of Adorf im Vogtland) |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Salmon-tinted emergency note (Notgeld) printed in dark blue, with a multi-layered decorative border composed of fine guilloche patterns and foliate corner ornaments. The denomination "10.000.000" is set in large bold numerals at the top centre, flanked by the word "Gutschein" on each side, with the written denomination "Zehn Millionen Mark" in gothic script occupying a central panel. The issuing authority, date of 25 August 1923, and the Bürgermeister's manuscript signature appear in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a plain typeset text layout on an unadorned background, presenting the legal validity clause and the counterfeiting penalty warning in standard German letterpress. The serial number is printed in the lower text block, and the denomination figure "10 000 000" appears at the top. The overall design is purely textual with no vignette or ornamental border. |
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Adorf im Vogtland was a small Saxon textile town of no particular monetary significance — which is precisely why this note exists. During the hyperinflation peak of mid-1923, the Reichsbank could not print or distribute currency fast enough to meet demand, so thousands of German municipalities, utilities, and private firms issued their own emergency paper, collectively known as Notgeld. City councils had no printing infrastructure of their own; most contracted local printers, which accounts for the wildly inconsistent paper quality and typography found across this class of issues.
At 10,000,000 Mark, this denomination reflects the acceleration phase — by late 1923, notes of this face value were already obsolete within days of printing.