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2 000 000 Mark Merck
| Issuer | E. Merck, Chemische Fabrik, Darmstadt |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 2 000 000 Mark (2 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | Printed on cream paper with a diagonal repeating text underprint reading 'MERCK' across the entire surface. The face is typographically composed in black letterpress, with the series letter 'D' at upper left and a serial number at upper right. The central text block carries the issuer name 'E. MERCK / CHEMISCHE FABRIK / DARMSTADT' and the redemption clause, above the large bold denomination 'ZWEI MILLIONEN MARK'. The place and date 'DARMSTADT / DEN 14. AUGUST 1923' appear below the denomination, with a manuscript signature of a Merck representative in the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed on plain cream paper and shows, at centre, a rectangular black vignette containing the oval trade device of E. Merck Darmstadt — an allegorical figure within an oval frame, surrounded by the circular legend 'E. MERCK · DARMSTADT'. The obverse text is visible in mirror image through the paper. An embossed dry seal appears at lower right, and the printer's imprint 'FORTHERSDRUCK DARMSTADT' is printed vertically along the right edge of the vignette border. Handwritten annotations in ink appear at the upper portion of the reverse. |
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| Protection type | Embossed seal, Underprint |
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