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2 000 000 Mark Ichtershausen; Thüringische Nadel- und Stahlwaaren-Fabrik
| Issuer | Thüringische Nadel- und Stahlwaaren-Fabrik Wolff, Knippenberg & Co., G.m.b.H., Ichtershausen |
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| Year | 1923 |
| Type | Emergency banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in violet-purple on cream paper, enclosed within a decorative letterpress border of floral and foliate motifs. A central diamond-shaped vignette contains a faint industrial underprint of the factory complex. The denomination "Mark 2000000" is set in bold Gothic typeface at centre, with the issuer's name in Fraktur script at top, the date "Ichtershausen i. Thür., 25. August 1923" at lower left, and two manuscript signatures at lower right below the firm's repeated name; a red serial number is printed vertically on the right stub. |
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| Obverse lettering | Thüringische Nadel- und Stahlwaaren-Fabrik Wolff, Knippenberg & Co., G. m. b. H., Ichteershausen i. Thür. GUTSCHEIN für Mark 2000000 (in Worten: Zwei Millionen Mark) Dieser Gutschein wird bei Vorlegung an unserer Kasse sowie bei der Schwarzburgischen Landesbank zu Sondershausen Filiale Arnstadt eingelöst. Er verliert seine Gültigkeit 4 Wochen nach Aufruf im Arnstädter Anzeiger. Thüringische Nadel- und Stahlwaaren-Fabrik Wolff, Knippenberg & Co., G. m. b. H. Ichtershausen i. Thür., 25. August 1923. |
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Ichtershausen's Thüringische Nadel- und Stahlwaaren-Fabrik — a needle and steel goods manufacturer — issued this note during the hyperinflation peak of 1923, when industrial firms across Thuringia were printing their own emergency wages simply to pay workers before the money lost value in transit from bank to factory floor. The printer, Otto Böttner of nearby Arnstadt, handled notgeld work for several small Thuringian issuers during this period.
At two million Mark, the denomination reflects mid-1923 inflation levels rather than the astronomical figures that followed by autumn.