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2 000 000 Mark Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen
| Issuer | Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| In circulation to | Yes |
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| Obverse description | Uniface note printed in black on a fine guilloche underprint in pale blue, with an ornate typographic border. The denomination "Zwei Millionen Mark" is set in large blackletter type at centre, with issuing authority text above and redemption conditions in smaller script below. A vertical side tab at right carries the value "2 Millionen Mark" in blackletter. |
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| Obverse lettering | Gutschein des Bezirkverbandes der Amtshauptmanschaft Meissen über zwei Millionen Mark Gültig im Bezirk der Amtshauptmanschaft Meissen bis zum öffentlichen Aufruf. Einlösung erfolgt durch Vermittelung der Banken oder unmittelbar bei der Kasse des Bezirksverbandes. Meissen, am 17. August 1923. Der Bezirksverband der Amtshauptmanschaft Meissen. Die Bezirks- Kassenverwaltung (Translation: Voucher of the District Association of the Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen for two million marks Valid in the district of the Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen until public call. Redemption takes place through the mediation of banks or directly at the cashier of the district association. Meissen, on August 17, 1923. The District Association of the Amtshauptmannschaft Meissen. The District Cash Administration) |
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The Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen was a rural administrative district in Saxony, and like hundreds of similar local authorities across Germany in 1923, it was forced into issuing its own emergency currency as hyperinflation made Reichsbank supply chronically inadequate. By the time 2,000,000-Mark denominations were being printed by district offices, the currency was already functionally broken — this face value, enormous by any peacetime measure, would lose most of its purchasing power within days of issue.
Meißen notgeld of this period is reasonably common in collector holdings but rarely turns up in high grade, owing to the rough handling typical of notes passed through rural commerce in the frantic summer and autumn of 1923.