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2 000 000 Mark Schönlanke
| Issuer | Stadthauptkasse Schönlanke |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Printer | Gebr. Deuss, Schönlanke (Trzcianka), Poland |
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| Obverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Schönlanke Die Stadthauptkasse Schönlanke zahlt gegen diesen Schein an den Inhaber Zwei Millionen Mark Der Magistrat Schönlanke, 25. August 1923 Dieser Schein wird von allen städtischen Behörden in Zahlung genommen Das Ende der Laufzeit wird öffentlich bekannt gemacht DRUCKT: GEBR. DEUSS SCHÖNLANKE Reihe F |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain white paper with no design elements, leaving the surface entirely unprinted aside from faint show-through impressions from the obverse. |
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Schönlanke — today Trzcianka in northwestern Poland — was a small Prussian town that nonetheless operated its own municipal treasury, the Stadthauptkasse, which issued notgeld during the hyperinflation spiral of 1923. By the time denominations reached two million mark, the Reichsbank's central supply chain had completely broken down, forcing municipalities of even modest size to commission local printers for emergency issues. Gebr. Deuss printed this note in the same town where it would circulate, a logistical necessity rather than a choice.
The two-million mark face value places this firmly in the middle phase of the 1923 collapse, before denominations climbed into the billions.