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10 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft und Stadt Zittau |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Uniface Notgeld note printed on pale blue-green guilloche underprint. The denomination "Zehn Millionen / 10 Mark 10" is set in large ornate blackletter type at centre, with the serial prefix and number in a dark overprinted panel at upper right. Six paragraphs of italic script text below state the redemption and validity conditions, with three manuscript signatures at foot. |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld I A № 31556 Gültig im Bezirke der Amtshauptmannschaft und der Stadt Zittau. Zehn Millionen 10 Mark 10 Zahlen der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft, die Kasse der Stadt Zittau und die Zittauer Handelsbank Alfred Peter in Zittau gegen Rück- gabe dieses Notgeldes. Dieser Schein verliert seine Gültigkeit einen Monat nach dem im amtlichen Teile der Sächsischen Staatszeitung und der Zittauer Nachrichten die Außerverkehrsetzung seitens der oben genannten drei Zahl- stellen gemeinsam bekannt gemacht worden ist. Zittau, den 28. September 1923. Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Der Stadtrat Zittauer Handelsbank: Fälschungen und Nachahmungen dieses Notgeldes werden nach den Strafgesetzen verfolgt. Gebrüder Güttler, Zittau. |
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One of hundreds of Notgeld issues from the hyperinflation summer of 1923, this Zittau district note was printed locally by Gebrüder Güttler — a practical necessity when central supply of currency collapsed entirely and municipal authorities were legally empowered to issue their own emergency paper. The Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft und Stadt Zittau covered the administrative district surrounding the city, and the joint issuing authority between town and rural district was a common Saxon arrangement.
A 10-million mark denomination that would have been unremarkable by late August 1923, when the Reichsbank's own presses couldn't keep pace with depreciation. Within weeks of any such note's issue date, its face value was effectively obsolete.