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2 000 000 Mark
| Issuer | Städtische Kassen Eschweiler und Stolberg |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue letterpress on pale buff paper with a fine guilloche underprint in the centre field. A vertical left panel bears the heraldic arms of Eschweiler above those of Stolberg, flanked by the denomination numerals '2 000 000'. The main field carries the issuing authority legends 'Stadt Eschweiler' and 'Stadt Stolberg' at the top, the series designation 'Gutschein Reihe C' with a handwritten serial number, and the large face value '2 Millionen Mark' in bold Gothic script. Below, a text block states the conditions of acceptance and the date 'Eschweiler und Stolberg, den 14. August 1923', followed by two official circular seals and two manuscript signatures under the legend 'Die Bürgermeister'; the printer's imprint 'Druck von Joseph Dostall, Eschweiler' appears at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Eschweiler – Stolberg Zwei Millionen Mark 2000000 Zwei Millionen Mark 2 Millionen |
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Eschweiler and Stolberg were neighboring Rhenish industrial towns — both heavily invested in coal and zinc — and their joint municipal treasury issue in August 1923 reflects the chaotic administrative improvisation that characterized Weimar hyperinflation at its peak. By the time 2,000,000-Mark notes were necessary, the Reichsbank had effectively lost control of emergency money supply, and local printers like Joseph Dostall were filling the gap. A printer producing notgeld for the very municipality it operated within was not unusual that summer, but it is worth noting.
The Merkelbach reference groups this as one of six variants in the series.