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2 000 000 Mark Oggersheim
| Issuer | Stadtkasse Oggersheim |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 2 000 000 Mark (2 000 000) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in reddish-brown and violet on cream paper, with a decorative border of interlaced guilloche and knotwork running the full perimeter. At upper left, a rectangular vignette presents a letterpress townscape view of the Wormser Tor (Worms Gate) of Oggersheim as it appeared during the Thirty Years' War, captioned below the image. To the right of the vignette, the issuing authority and denomination are set in Gothic blackletter script, with the value 'zwei Millionen Mark' rendered in a large, prominent typeface at centre. A four-line verse in Gothic script occupies the lower left panel, a serial number in red appears at lower left, and two manuscript signatures for the Bürgermeisteramt and Stadtkasse are placed at centre right above the legalisation text. |
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| Obverse lettering | Stadt Oggersheim. M. 2000000 Die Stadtkasse Oggersheim zahlt dem Einlieferer dieses Scheines zwei Millionen Mark. Oggersheim, den 24. August 1923. Bürgermeisteramt: Stadtkasse: Wormser Tor zur Zeit des 30jährigen Krieges Stand der alte Hans und sann, Bis der Schalk das Spiel gewann. Schwand die Mauer, Turm und Tor - Wehrhaft blieb: Im Ernst Humor. Dieser Schein ist aufgrund des Stadtratsbeschlusses vom 14. August 1923 ausgegeben. Das Ende der Umlaufzeit wird in Oggersheim öffentlich bekannt gemacht. Druck von H. Riebsam, Oggersheim |
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Oggersheim was a small industrial town in the Palatinate — today absorbed into Ludwigshafen — and like hundreds of German municipalities in mid-1923, its Stadtkasse was forced to issue emergency currency simply to meet payroll. The Reichsbank could not print fast enough. By the time notes in the two-million Mark range were being struck, they had a usable lifespan measurable in days before depreciation rendered them worthless.
H. Riebsam was a local print shop, not a specialist currency printer. That shows.