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2 000 000 Mark Henkel & Cie
| Issuer | Henkel & Cie GmbH, Düsseldorf |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Obverse description | Dark green border with serrated inner edge frames the central field, with the issuer name HENKEL & CIE GMBH lettered along the top and bottom margins and DÜSSELDORF along both vertical sides. The centre carries a light guilloche underprint over which three product vignettes — Henko, Bleich-Soda, and Dixin Bestes Seifenpulver packaging — are arranged in a loose group; the bold Gothic blackletter denomination 2 Millionen is overprinted across the entire central area, with MARK set in smaller capitals beneath the numeral 2, and the issuer inscription Henkel & Cie GmbH Düsseldorf in script below. The series designation REIHE A and a typeset serial number appear in the upper portion of the note. |
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| Reverse lettering | HENKEL & CIE GMBH DÜSSELDORF Henkel & Cie GmbH zahlen gegen Rückgabe dieses Gutscheines spätestens am 30.10.23 2000000 MARK Einlösungsstellen: Deutsche Bank Düsseldorf A. Schaaffhausenscher Bankverein AG Benrath Sparkassen in Benrath und Holthausen |
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Henkel & Cie — the Düsseldorf chemical and consumer goods firm better known today for Persil and Pritt — was among the thousands of German industrial companies forced into emergency currency issuance during the hyperinflation of 1923. At its peak that summer and autumn, the Reichsmark was collapsing faster than the Reichsdruckerei could supply denominations large enough for daily wages, so factories and municipalities printed their own Notgeld simply to meet payroll.
The 2,000,000 Mark face value dates this note to mid-1923, before the truly astronomical denominations — the billions and trillions — became necessary by October and November.