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2 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Stadtkasse der Stadt Wetzlar |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | No Die Stadtkasse der Stadt Wetzlar zahlt dem Einlieferer dieses Gutscheins Zwei Millionen Mark Der Termin der Einlösung wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht. Wetzlar, den 10. August 1923. Der Bürgermeister. Scharfes Druckereien, Wetzlar. |
| Reverse description | Printed in red-brown on cream paper, the reverse carries a large central vignette in a letterpress scenic style showing a courtyard view of the Lottehaus in Wetzlar, with a conical-roofed medieval tower, flanking buildings, and two period figures — a man at left and a woman at right — framed by stone gate pillars. To the left, the same ornate vertical cartouche with oval '2 / MILLIONEN' medallion as on the obverse is repeated. A delicate ornamental border runs along the top and bottom edges. |
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Wetzlar's municipal treasury issued this 2-million-mark note at the absolute peak of Weimar hyperinflation, when German cities and towns printed their own emergency currency — Notgeld — simply because the Reichsbank could not supply denominations fast enough to keep pace with collapsing purchasing power. By August 1923, a note of this face value was worth roughly what a few loaves of bread had cost the previous week.
The Scharfes printing works was a local Wetzlar firm, and the use of a hometown printer was typical of the practical urgency behind late-phase hyperinflation Notgeld — municipal authorities could not wait for outside suppliers.